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Actions	Ballinasloe No. 1 Rural District Council: Minute Book Remove from selection Add to selection TitleBallinasloe No. 1 Rural District Council: Minute Book RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services ReferenceG00/06/19 Date22 December 1918 to 24 January 1920 Production date 1918 - 1920 Scope and Content Volume of minutes of proceeding of Ballinasloe No.1 Rural District Council meetings. The minutes record attendance at meetings, generally held twice a month, and proceedings of Council business conducted under various legalisation, covering general, financial, sanitary (such as management of burial grounds, inspection of cow sheds, and human living conditions, water supply and sewers), and labourers’ housing (such as building and maintenance of cottages and rent collection) issues. The minutes record resolutions proposed and resolved or rejected by the Council. They also include details of correspondence received, generally from the Local Government Board and actions required thereafter. The proceedings of the Council acting as the ‘Sanitary Authority’ relate to health and sanitary conditions, such as the prevention of disease and the care and management of burial grounds, sewerage systems, and water supply. The proceedings under the ‘Labourers Acts’ relate to the provision and maintenance of labourers’ cottages. Includes Index to main resolution topics. Matters and issues discussed includes - 'The Council unanimously adopted a resolution from the Antrim Rural District Council protesting against such matters as Public Health Administration, Hospital Control Etc., being centralised under the County Council's or any other new authority which may be established' (p111). -' Read a letter from the Rev. D Coghlan, P.P. Aughrim requesting the Council, now that the War was over, to provide a new cemetery for the people of the parish…..' (p123) - 'Resolved. That we, the members of Ballinasloe No.1 Rural District Council, having noticed for a long time that the prosperity of the town of Ballinasloe and surrounding districts is seriously handicapped for want of a suitable Sports Ground, strongly call on the Ballinasloe Agricultural and Hose Show Society to take immediate steps to extend, remodel and improve their Show Grounds so as to allow of football matches, hurling matches, sports, and other amusements being held therein. That we also call on al public bodies, irrespective of class, creed, or politics, to give their support in this just demand for the improvement, welfare, and prosperity of the town and district…' (p385). - 'The Council had before them 180 applications for Cottages under the New Housing Scheme, when after a discussion the Clerk was directed to write to the several Committee's of the Council and ascertain from them where proposed sites are to be taken, the names of Owners and Occupiers of the lands, and when furnished with this information to summon Committees of the Council as done in the No. 10 Scheme, the Committee to have power to add the Local Clergy to their numbers.' (p519) - 'Resolved / - That We, the No. 1. Rural District Council place on record our strong condemnation of the Congested Districts Board in the treatment to the Congested Tenants on the Comyn Estate, and we pledge our support to them in their endeavours to secure their lawful rights.' (p587, see also p621) - Extent680pp LanguageEnglish Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bone fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives. Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access. LevelItem Hierarchy browser G00/06 Ballinasloe No. 1 Rural District Council 1900 - 1925fonds contains 22 parts G00/06/19 Ballinasloe No. 1 Rural District Council: Minute Book 22 December 1918 to 24 January 1920Item

TitleBallinasloe No. 1 Rural District Council: Minute Book

RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services

ReferenceG00/06/19

Date22 December 1918 to 24 January 1920

Production date 1918 - 1920

Scope and Content

Volume of minutes of proceeding of Ballinasloe No.1 Rural District Council meetings. The minutes record attendance at meetings, generally held twice a month, and proceedings of Council business conducted under various legalisation, covering general, financial, sanitary (such as management of burial grounds, inspection of cow sheds, and human living conditions, water supply and sewers), and labourers’ housing (such as building and maintenance of cottages and rent collection) issues. The minutes record resolutions proposed and resolved or rejected by the Council. They also include details of correspondence received, generally from the Local Government Board and actions required thereafter. The proceedings of the Council acting as the ‘Sanitary Authority’ relate to health and sanitary conditions, such as the prevention of disease and the care and management of burial grounds, sewerage systems, and water supply. The proceedings under the ‘Labourers Acts’ relate to the provision and maintenance of labourers’ cottages.

Includes Index to main resolution topics.

Matters and issues discussed includes

- 'The Council unanimously adopted a resolution from the Antrim Rural District Council protesting against such matters as Public Health Administration, Hospital Control Etc., being centralised under the County Council's or any other new authority which may be established' (p111).

-' Read a letter from the Rev. D Coghlan, P.P. Aughrim requesting the Council, now that the War was over, to provide a new cemetery for the people of the parish…..' (p123)

- 'Resolved. That we, the members of Ballinasloe No.1 Rural District Council, having noticed for a long time that the prosperity of the town of Ballinasloe and surrounding districts is seriously handicapped for want of a suitable Sports Ground, strongly call on the Ballinasloe Agricultural and Hose Show Society to take immediate steps to extend, remodel and improve their Show Grounds so as to allow of football matches, hurling matches, sports, and other amusements being held therein. That we also call on al public bodies, irrespective of class, creed, or politics, to give their support in this just demand for the improvement, welfare, and prosperity of the town and district…' (p385).

- 'The Council had before them 180 applications for Cottages under the New Housing Scheme, when after a discussion the Clerk was directed to write to the several Committee's of the Council and ascertain from them where proposed sites are to be taken, the names of Owners and Occupiers of the lands, and when furnished with this information to summon Committees of the Council as done in the No. 10 Scheme, the Committee to have power to add the Local Clergy to their numbers.' (p519)

- 'Resolved / - That We, the No. 1. Rural District Council place on record our strong condemnation of the Congested Districts Board in the treatment to the Congested Tenants on the Comyn Estate, and we pledge our support to them in their endeavours to secure their lawful rights.' (p587, see also p621)

Extent680pp

LanguageEnglish

Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bone fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives.

Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access.

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