Fonds PTC40 - Records of Parsonstown Town Commissioners

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Reference code

IE OCL PTC40

Title

Records of Parsonstown Town Commissioners

Date(s)

  • 1855 - 1925 (Creation)

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Fonds

Extent and medium

4 Minute Books
1 Abstract of Minute Book
1 Accounts Book
1 Drawing

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(1852-1925)

Administrative history

The primary duty of the Commission was to provide lighting in the towns, initiating building programmes, as well as water supplies, the management of sewerage, repairing roads and prohibiting nuisances.

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Scope and content

Minute books, accounts book, reports, burial board minute book, and ancillary material relating to the administration of Parsonstown Town Commissioners.

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Accruals

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Conditions governing access

By appointment only. Contact Offaly Archives at [email protected]

Conditions governing reproduction

May be reproduced in accordance with provisions of the Copyright and Related Rights Act (2000). No reproduction online, in print or broadcast without express permission of copyright holder.

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      June 2019, Erin Sears
      Revised, September 2024, Orla Connaughton

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          Sources

          Michael Murphy, Anne Coughlan and Gráinne Doran, 'Grand Jury to Áras An Chontae', (Jetprint: Tullamore, 2003).

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