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Title
Date(s)
- 1849-1853 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 disbound volume, c.500pp
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Parsonstown’s Poor Law Union was established on the 8th of May 1839. It was formed from an elected Board of Guardians, with John Drought as chairman, comprising twenty-nine elected members and nine ex-officio Guardians with all members meeting weekly. Parsonstown Union’s area of operation covered 234 square miles from two counties: from Offaly (King’s) – Banagher, Drumcullen, Eglish, Ferbane, Frankfort, Kilcoleman, Kinnety, Lemanagan, Letter, Lusmagh, Seirkyrans, Parsonstown, Shannon Bridge, Shannon Harbour and Tissarin. From County Tipperary – Aglishcloghane, Ballingarry, Dorha, Lockeen, Lorha and Uskeane. The Union was abolished in 1925, with the Board of Guardians powers being transferred to the county councils' Board of Health.
Repository
Archival history
Donated by Seán Corrigan, Banagher. Previously owned by Seán Corrigan's mother who had an antique furniture business. Donor believes volume was found in an old bureau.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Copies of outgoing letters from John V. Brown, clerk of Parsonstown Union to various recipients, particularly the Poor Law Commissioners, detailing reliefs and works. Also includes copy outgoing correspondence relating to assisted emigration schemes for inmates of the Parsonstown workhouse during the course of the Great Famine.
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
By confirmed appointment only. Contact [email protected] for more information.
Conditions governing reproduction
May be reproduced in accordance with Offaly Archives Copying Policy and the provisions of the Copyright and Related Rights Act (2000). Copying is at the absolute discretion of Offaly Archives. No reproduction online, in print or broadcast without express permission of copyright holder.
Language of material
- English
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Disbound with pages missing, letters 1-63. Back page torn. Otherwise in good order and legible. c. 500pp