Identity area
Reference code
IE OCL BG158/2
Title
Labourers (Ireland) Acts Minute Book
Date(s)
- October 1891 - July 1899 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 bound volume; 190pp
Context area
Name of creator
(1839 - 1925)
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Guardians acting as the Rural Sanitary Authority, under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, mainly recording decisions taken in respect of collecting rents from labourers' cottages; the sinking of wells; and the erection of new cottages. Includes copy correspondence from the Local Government Board, as well as details of tenders and contracts awarded for new cottages or repairs/improvements to existing cottages.