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Actions	Portumna Rural District Council: Minute Book, 1901-1903 Remove from selection Add to selection TitlePortumna Rural District Council: Minute Book, 1901-1903 RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services ReferenceG01/03/4 Date28 September 1901 to 3 January 1903 Production date 1901-09-28 - 1901-01-03 Scope and Content Matters and issues discussed include - ‘Circular letter from the L.G. B d no. 127 dated 16th September 19011 subject “Tuberculosis” and sending copy of poster and leaflet containing suggestions as to precautions to be taken to guard against this infectious disease and suggestion that copies thereof would be printed posted and circulated through the district’. (p11) - ‘Proposed by Mr Morrissey Seconded by Mr Hardiman and unanimously resolved that we the Portumna District Council call on the National Electors of the City of Galway to vote and use their influence for the National candidate fearless Arthur Lynch who fought so bravely for the freedom of the Boers in the present war, in placing humbly by a large majority at the head of the poll, the Electors will show to Ireland and the world over that the stain which was cast on the City of the Tribes at the recent Election will be wiped out, and that no other but honest Arthur Lynch will be the man for Galway, and that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Galway Urban and District Councils’ (p39). - Letter from the Local Government Board entitled “Temporary Regulations”, Notification of Cases of Plague with reference tot he appearance of Bubonic Plague ‘in Glasgow, and Liverpool and stating that the Sanitary Authority should forthwith cause notice to be give by advertisement in one or more newspapers circulating in their districts and by handbills and otherwise as the Sanitary Authority think sufficient, notice thereof be given to all persons who have or may have duties under the Regulations, and that it shall be the duty of every Medical Officers of Health to forthwith report to them any cause of Plague which may come to their notice’ (p43). - ‘Resolution of the Roscommon District Council stating that having learned with pleasure of the intention of the Government to introduce into the coming session of Parliament a Land Bill, which should provide for the compulsory sale of land to tenant farmers of this Country - condemnatory of the 11 months grazing system - that not more than 100 acres of land should be sold to any individual and no sale of land made to graziers and condemning the recent action of the Land Courts selling large tracts of land to graziers, to the exclusion of poor tenant farmers anxious to give current prices for such portions of these lands was unanimously approved of' (p71). - ‘Resolution of the Louth Rural District Council to the effect that they consider the proposed Land bill of no practical value save in the removal of difficulties to Landlords in making title, and they deem it destructive of a tenant’s right to have a fair rent fixed every fifteen years, and so objectionable in its encouragement of companies of speculative land jobbers to purchase Estates and charge premiums on resale of same to tenants and desiring to call upon the Nationalist Party and Mr J W Russell, M.P., to resist the passing of this Bill unless clauses 16 and 36 be elements or effectually amended in the interest of the tenants, and furthermore they consider compulsory purchase of the landlords interest at a price not exceeding 15 years purchase of 2nd term rents the only real solution of the Irish Land Question, was unanimously approved of’ (p199). - ‘Resolved that this Council heartily approve of the action of the Irish Parliamentary part led by Mr John E Redmond relative to the English Education Bill in whose wisdom in the matter this Council places the utmost reliance and confidence and strongly condemn the Irish Daily Independent, Mr J M Healy and his Backs; in their action in this matter by striving to get up the apple of discard against our United Irish Party. That copies of this resolution be sent to Mr Redmond and County and District Councils in this County’. (p375) - ‘That this Council at tis first meeting since the imprisonment of our worthy M.P. Mr John Roche heartily congratulate him on the manly patriotic and fearless stand he made before the removable magistrates at Roscommon Court House in refusing to give bail when asked to do so, but preferred instead a months imprisonment in jail for his country’s cause. That is would be creditable to all the Irish representatives were as sterling as Mr Roche who has never flinched when his services were needed, on behalf of the down trodden tenantry of Ireland …’ (p407) Extent416pp LanguageEnglish Conditions governing accessDisclosure form required prior to gaining access. Available by appointment only, on microfilm. 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 G01/03 Portumna Rural District Council 1899 - 1925fonds contains 3 parts G01/03/1-25 Portumna Rural District Council: Minute Books series contains 20 parts G01/03/4 Portumna Rural District Council: Minute Book, 1901-1903 28 September 1901 to 3 January 1903Item

TitlePortumna Rural District Council: Minute Book, 1901-1903

RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services

ReferenceG01/03/4

Date28 September 1901 to 3 January 1903

Production date 1901-09-28 - 1901-01-03

Scope and Content

Matters and issues discussed include

- ‘Circular letter from the L.G. B d no. 127 dated 16th September 19011 subject “Tuberculosis” and sending copy of poster and leaflet containing suggestions as to precautions to be taken to guard against this infectious disease and suggestion that copies thereof would be printed posted and circulated through the district’. (p11)

- ‘Proposed by Mr Morrissey Seconded by Mr Hardiman and unanimously resolved that we the Portumna District Council call on the National Electors of the City of Galway to vote and use their influence for the National candidate fearless Arthur Lynch who fought so bravely for the freedom of the Boers in the present war, in placing humbly by a large majority at the head of the poll, the Electors will show to Ireland and the world over that the stain which was cast on the City of the Tribes at the recent Election will be wiped out, and that no other but honest Arthur Lynch will be the man for Galway, and that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Galway Urban and District Councils’ (p39).

- Letter from the Local Government Board entitled “Temporary Regulations”, Notification of Cases of Plague with reference tot he appearance of Bubonic Plague ‘in Glasgow, and Liverpool and stating that the Sanitary Authority should forthwith cause notice to be give by advertisement in one or more newspapers circulating in their districts and by handbills and otherwise as the Sanitary Authority think sufficient, notice thereof be given to all persons who have or may have duties under the Regulations, and that it shall be the duty of every Medical Officers of Health to forthwith report to them any cause of Plague which may come to their notice’ (p43).

- ‘Resolution of the Roscommon District Council stating that having learned with pleasure of the intention of the Government to introduce into the coming session of Parliament a Land Bill, which should provide for the compulsory sale of land to tenant farmers of this Country - condemnatory of the 11 months grazing system - that not more than 100 acres of land should be sold to any individual and no sale of land made to graziers and condemning the recent action of the Land Courts selling large tracts of land to graziers, to the exclusion of poor tenant farmers anxious to give current prices for such portions of these lands was unanimously approved of' (p71).

- ‘Resolution of the Louth Rural District Council to the effect that they consider the proposed Land bill of no practical value save in the removal of difficulties to Landlords in making title, and they deem it destructive of a tenant’s right to have a fair rent fixed every fifteen years, and so objectionable in its encouragement of companies of speculative land jobbers to purchase Estates and charge premiums on resale of same to tenants and desiring to call upon the Nationalist Party and Mr J W Russell, M.P., to resist the passing of this Bill unless clauses 16 and 36 be elements or effectually amended in the interest of the tenants, and furthermore they consider compulsory purchase of the landlords interest at a price not exceeding 15 years purchase of 2nd term rents the only real solution of the Irish Land Question, was unanimously approved of’ (p199).

- ‘Resolved that this Council heartily approve of the action of the Irish Parliamentary part led by Mr John E Redmond relative to the English Education Bill in whose wisdom in the matter this Council places the utmost reliance and confidence and strongly condemn the Irish Daily Independent, Mr J M Healy and his Backs; in their action in this matter by striving to get up the apple of discard against our United Irish Party. That copies of this resolution be sent to Mr Redmond and County and District Councils in this County’. (p375)

- ‘That this Council at tis first meeting since the imprisonment of our worthy M.P. Mr John Roche heartily congratulate him on the manly patriotic and fearless stand he made before the removable magistrates at Roscommon Court House in refusing to give bail when asked to do so, but preferred instead a months imprisonment in jail for his country’s cause. That is would be creditable to all the Irish representatives were as sterling as Mr Roche who has never flinched when his services were needed, on behalf of the down trodden tenantry of Ireland …’ (p407)

Extent416pp

LanguageEnglish

Conditions governing accessDisclosure form required prior to gaining access. Available by appointment only, on microfilm.

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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