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Actions	Galway County Council, Minute Book 1917-1925 Remove from selection Add to selection TitleGalway County Council, Minute Book 1917-1925 RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services ReferenceGC/1/03 Date31 July 1917 to 20 June 1925 Production date 1917-07-31 - 1925-06-20 Scope and Content From November 1922 onwards the minutes, and generally the agenda, are printed and pasted into the volume. The minutes are from this point forward numbered, and primarily consist of short direct resolutions and / or orders. Includes index to main issues discussed. Includes: - That the Galway County Council strongly protest against the redistribution proposals as affecting this County provisional proposed by the (Boundary) Commissioners... They further protest against the rushing through of this scheme without a proper opportunity being given to the Constituencies affected to protect their interests by putting their cases before the Commissioners… The County Council feel that they have been treated with great want of courtesy or consideration in a matter affecting the whole Parliamentary Representation of their own County’ (pp27-28). - ‘That having considered the proposed extension to Ireland of the Government’s Compulsory Service Enactments, the Galway County Council protest against the conscript of Irishmen on the following grounds …’ (1)The public sentiment of the Country is opposed to Conscription…. (4)That the willingness of Ireland to contribute to fighting men must be founded on mutual confidence, and sanctioned by a free Parliament (5)That neither the confidence nor the Parliament are yet in existence, and that their non-existence is due to the consistent bad faith of successive British Governments…. (7)That in our opinion the government, if it persists in its unjustifiable conscription proposals, will produce disastrous effects and incur terrible responsible’ (pp46-47). - ‘That we condemn in the strongest manner the threatened eviction of nine tenants on the Shantalla Estate of Mr John Blake of Ballygluinn. The lands held by these tenants are used solely for dairy purposes, and their eviction if carried out would still further restrict the supply of milk in the Town, and cause serious hardship not alone to the tenants but to the public. The tenants have been in undisturbed occupation of these lands for periods ranging from 20 to 60 years, and no cause is assigned for their eviction, but it is surmised that the lands are to be put up for auction on the eleven months systems….’(pp130-131). - ‘That in pursuance of the consent of the Local Government Board (Ireland) by letter dated 9th April 1919, the Council do borrow from the National Bank Limited, Galway, the sum of £700 for the purpose of construction 500 perches of Clonfert New Road in said consent mentioned. The said sum to be repaid to the said Bank with interest thereon at £3.10.0 % per annum by ten half yearly installments of £70 each spread over a period of five years…’(p136-137). - ‘That we, the Galway County Council hereby enter our emphatic protest against the treatment of political prisoners in Galway Jail…. We hereby demand that the settlement arrived at after the death of Thomas Ashe be at once put in force in Galway Jail, and failing compliance with said demand that all steps be taken to focus the attention of the public on the present deplorable condition of political offenders in Galway Jail…’(pp147-148) - ‘The County Council call the attention of the Lord Lieutenant and of the Local Government Board to the fact that the Auditor does not allege that the Council have not fulfilled their duty with regard to accommodation and buildings for lunatic poor ; or that the Asylum is not well managed or is not in good order and condition or that the lunatics therein are not properly maintained and cared for. The County Council have given evidence of their desire to insist on the keeping of all Regulations, and they protest against the withholding of the Capitation Grant which they submit is not a proper method of dealing with the keeping of accounts by subordinate Official’ (p158). - ‘That in view of the recent revelations in regard to the County Hospital Accounts brought to light by a Dublin firm of Chartered Accountants and seeing that the Accounts of same Institution have been audited for some years past by the District Local Government Auditor, Mr Ellis, and passed as satisfactory, and whereas it now appears that over £2,000 has been received and unaccounted for, we call on the Local Government Board to hold a sworn enquiry and demand a satisfactory explanation from Mr Ellis, and that in the meantime no accounts of the County Council or Districts Boards in this County be submitted for examination to the said Auditor or his reports be considered in any manner until he gives satisfactory explanation of his yearly audits of the County hospital in regard to which such revelations have be made public…(P162-163, see also p170). - ‘The Road, by the letter of the 20th August make a grant of £15,375 for the road from Galway to Tuam being 75%. Tuam District Council now propose that £5,125 should be applied to the new proposal i.e. from Tuam to Dunmore. The County Surveyor suggests that the tow proposals should be amalgamated and the Road Board grant applied to the whole road Galway to Dunmore’ (p179). - ‘That as Irishmen we view with astonishment the imprisonment of James Larkin for advocating what he believed to be right’ (p232). - ‘That the streets or roadways of the towns of Clifden, Headford, Dunmore, Oughterard, Gort, Kinvara, Portumna, Eyrecourt, Killimore, Athenry, Woodford, Ahascragh, Mountbellew, Ballygar and Glenamaddy be properly cleaned thereby safeguarding the health of the people’ (p302). - ‘That an address of welcome be presented to President DeValera on the occasion of his visit to Galway’ (326). - ‘That we….tender to the families and relatives of the late President Griffith, Cathal Brugha, and Harry Boland our sincere sympathy, and although some of us differed from their respective views we are all unanimous in paying tribute to their life-long services to the cause of Ireland’ (p384). - ‘That the Galway County Council hereby appoint a Committee ….with instructions to take into consideration the present position of the question of Transatlantic communication with Ireland, and to take such steps as they may think fit to press the claims of Galway as offering the best Irish Terminal for a rapid Irish-American Service for Passengers and Mails…’(p418). - ‘That the attention of the Local Government Department be called to the fact that owing to the occupation of Offices and Committee Rooms by the Military and other State Officials, it is impossible to carry on the fiscal business of the County satisfactorily. Owing to the enormous increase of work thrown on the County Council largely increased office accommodation is required’ (p449). - Proposed purchase of Renmore House (for use as a sanatorium) discussed with County Surveyor’s letter submitted reporting that ‘House and 14 acres of land for £3,230 plus Auctioneer’s fees….. Order - Mr Kennedy, County Surveyor, to prepare detailed estimate, same to be furnished to Mr O’Dea, County Solicitor, who is instructed to give all the information required by the Local Government Department when same is ascertained’ (p478, see also p483, p487, p508, p584, p602, 607). - ‘Order - Take Mrs Wallace’s house at Maam, as a Courthouse if she complies with the conditions’ (p480). - ‘That this Council approve of the adoption of the Carnegie Rural Libraries Scheme in County Galway, and we, the Members, undertake, individually and collectively, to press for the maintenance of the Scheme out of a County Library rate at the end of the two years during which it has been maintained by the Carnegie Trust’ (p585). - ‘That the Council demand the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners in Ireland and Great Britain’ (p602). - ‘That in pursuance of the consent of the Local Government Department, Ireland, by letter dated 19th March, 1924, the Council do borrow from the National Bank, Ltd., Galway the sum of £16,000 for the purpose of construction of a sewer for the County Home, Loughrea…said Loan to be secured by Mortgage over the rates available for that purpose and that the Seal of the Council be attached to said Mortgage.’(p604). - The Council ordered the purchase of the fee simple of Headford Courthouse ‘for £100, subject to good Title’ (p642, see also p655). - ‘That we, the Members of the Hospital and Dispensaries Committee view with horror the desecration of our dead, which the disinterment and removal of patriot Irishmen from their graves at Tuam entitled’ (p643). - ‘Recommend County Council to take steps to repair Costello-Kilkerrin Road, and to move to have the Southern Connemara Road, Galway via Costello, Roundstone, Carna, Ballyconneely to Clifden, made a Trunk Road. Order - approved. (p652). - Proposed sale of Bridewell at Loughrea (p655). Extent749pp LanguageEnglish Persons keyword George (2) Nicholls Conditions governing accessAvailable on microfilm by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona 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. Digital referencesAvailable on the Digital Archive Access URL Here LevelItem Hierarchy browser GC/ Galway County Council 1899-fonds contains 23 parts GC/1 Galway County Council, Minute Books, 1899 - 1899 to 2013series contains 57 parts GC/1/03 Galway County Council, Minute Book 1917-1925 31 July 1917 to 20 June 1925Item

TitleGalway County Council, Minute Book 1917-1925

RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services

ReferenceGC/1/03

Date31 July 1917 to 20 June 1925

Production date 1917-07-31 - 1925-06-20

Scope and Content

From November 1922 onwards the minutes, and generally the agenda, are printed and pasted into the volume. The minutes are from this point forward numbered, and primarily consist of short direct resolutions and / or orders. Includes index to main issues discussed.

Includes:

- That the Galway County Council strongly protest against the redistribution proposals as affecting this County provisional proposed by the (Boundary) Commissioners...

They further protest against the rushing through of this scheme without a proper opportunity being given to the Constituencies affected to protect their interests by putting their cases before the Commissioners…

The County Council feel that they have been treated with great want of courtesy or consideration in a matter affecting the whole Parliamentary Representation of their own County’ (pp27-28).

- ‘That having considered the proposed extension to Ireland of the Government’s Compulsory Service Enactments, the Galway County Council protest against the conscript of Irishmen on the following grounds …’

(1)The public sentiment of the Country is opposed to Conscription….

(4)That the willingness of Ireland to contribute to fighting men must be founded on mutual confidence, and sanctioned by a free Parliament

(5)That neither the confidence nor the Parliament are yet in existence, and that their non-existence is due to the consistent bad faith of successive British Governments….

(7)That in our opinion the government, if it persists in its unjustifiable conscription proposals, will produce disastrous effects and incur terrible responsible’ (pp46-47).

- ‘That we condemn in the strongest manner the threatened eviction of nine tenants on the Shantalla Estate of Mr John Blake of Ballygluinn. The lands held by these tenants are used solely for dairy purposes, and their eviction if carried out would still further restrict the supply of milk in the Town, and cause serious hardship not alone to the tenants but to the public. The tenants have been in undisturbed occupation of these lands for periods ranging from 20 to 60 years, and no cause is assigned for their eviction, but it is surmised that the lands are to be put up for auction on the eleven months systems….’(pp130-131).

- ‘That in pursuance of the consent of the Local Government Board (Ireland) by letter dated 9th April 1919, the Council do borrow from the National Bank Limited, Galway, the sum of £700 for the purpose of construction 500 perches of Clonfert New Road in said consent mentioned. The said sum to be repaid to the said Bank with interest thereon at £3.10.0 % per annum by ten half yearly installments of £70 each spread over a period of five years…’(p136-137).

- ‘That we, the Galway County Council hereby enter our emphatic protest against the treatment of political prisoners in Galway Jail….

We hereby demand that the settlement arrived at after the death of Thomas Ashe be at once put in force in Galway Jail, and failing compliance with said demand that all steps be taken to focus the attention of the public on the present deplorable condition of political offenders in Galway Jail…’(pp147-148)

- ‘The County Council call the attention of the Lord Lieutenant and of the Local Government Board to the fact that the Auditor does not allege that the Council have not fulfilled their duty with regard to accommodation and buildings for lunatic poor ; or that the Asylum is not well managed or is not in good order and condition or that the lunatics therein are not properly maintained and cared for.

The County Council have given evidence of their desire to insist on the keeping of all Regulations, and they protest against the withholding of the Capitation Grant which they submit is not a proper method of dealing with the keeping of accounts by subordinate Official’ (p158).

- ‘That in view of the recent revelations in regard to the County Hospital Accounts brought to light by a Dublin firm of Chartered Accountants and seeing that the Accounts of same Institution have been audited for some years past by the District Local Government Auditor, Mr Ellis, and passed as satisfactory, and whereas it now appears that over £2,000 has been received and unaccounted for, we call on the Local Government Board to hold a sworn enquiry and demand a satisfactory explanation from Mr Ellis, and that in the meantime no accounts of the County Council or Districts Boards in this County be submitted for examination to the said Auditor or his reports be considered in any manner until he gives satisfactory explanation of his yearly audits of the County hospital in regard to which such revelations have be made public…(P162-163, see also p170).

- ‘The Road, by the letter of the 20th August make a grant of £15,375 for the road from Galway to Tuam being 75%.

Tuam District Council now propose that £5,125 should be applied to the new proposal i.e. from Tuam to Dunmore.

The County Surveyor suggests that the tow proposals should be amalgamated and the Road Board grant applied to the whole road Galway to Dunmore’ (p179).

- ‘That as Irishmen we view with astonishment the imprisonment of James Larkin for advocating what he believed to be right’ (p232).

- ‘That the streets or roadways of the towns of Clifden, Headford, Dunmore, Oughterard, Gort, Kinvara, Portumna, Eyrecourt, Killimore, Athenry, Woodford, Ahascragh, Mountbellew, Ballygar and Glenamaddy be properly cleaned thereby safeguarding the health of the people’ (p302).

- ‘That an address of welcome be presented to President DeValera on the occasion of his visit to Galway’ (326).

- ‘That we….tender to the families and relatives of the late President Griffith, Cathal Brugha, and Harry Boland our sincere sympathy, and although some of us differed from their respective views we are all unanimous in paying tribute to their life-long services to the cause of Ireland’ (p384).

- ‘That the Galway County Council hereby appoint a Committee ….with instructions to take into consideration the present position of the question of Transatlantic communication with Ireland, and to take such steps as they may think fit to press the claims of Galway as offering the best Irish Terminal for a rapid Irish-American Service for Passengers and Mails…’(p418).

- ‘That the attention of the Local Government Department be called to the fact that owing to the occupation of Offices and Committee Rooms by the Military and other State Officials, it is impossible to carry on the fiscal business of the County satisfactorily. Owing to the enormous increase of work thrown on the County Council largely increased office accommodation is required’ (p449).

- Proposed purchase of Renmore House (for use as a sanatorium) discussed with County Surveyor’s letter submitted reporting that ‘House and 14 acres of land for £3,230 plus Auctioneer’s fees…..

Order - Mr Kennedy, County Surveyor, to prepare detailed estimate, same to be furnished to Mr O’Dea, County Solicitor, who is instructed to give all the information required by the Local Government Department when same is ascertained’ (p478, see also p483, p487, p508, p584, p602, 607).

- ‘Order - Take Mrs Wallace’s house at Maam, as a Courthouse if she complies with the conditions’ (p480).

- ‘That this Council approve of the adoption of the Carnegie Rural Libraries Scheme in County Galway, and we, the Members, undertake, individually and collectively, to press for the maintenance of the Scheme out of a County Library rate at the end of the two years during which it has been maintained by the Carnegie Trust’ (p585).

- ‘That the Council demand the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners in Ireland and Great Britain’ (p602).

- ‘That in pursuance of the consent of the Local Government Department, Ireland, by letter dated 19th March, 1924, the Council do borrow from the National Bank, Ltd., Galway the sum of £16,000 for the purpose of construction of a sewer for the County Home, Loughrea…said Loan to be secured by Mortgage over the rates available for that purpose and that the Seal of the Council be attached to said Mortgage.’(p604).

- The Council ordered the purchase of the fee simple of Headford Courthouse ‘for £100, subject to good Title’ (p642, see also p655).

- ‘That we, the Members of the Hospital and Dispensaries Committee view with horror the desecration of our dead, which the disinterment and removal of patriot Irishmen from their graves at Tuam entitled’ (p643).

- ‘Recommend County Council to take steps to repair Costello-Kilkerrin Road, and to move to have the Southern Connemara Road, Galway via Costello, Roundstone, Carna, Ballyconneely to Clifden, made a Trunk Road. Order - approved. (p652).

- Proposed sale of Bridewell at Loughrea (p655).

Extent749pp

LanguageEnglish

Persons keyword George (2) Nicholls

Conditions governing accessAvailable on microfilm by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona 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.

Digital referencesAvailable on the Digital Archive Access URL Here

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