Clifden Rural District Council: Minute Books
Volumes of minutes of proceedings of Clifden Rural District Council monthly. meetings. The minutes record attendance meetings, together with proceedings of Council business conducted under various legalisation relating to the administration of the district under various headings such as general, financial, sanitary and labourers’ cottages. The proceedings of the Council acting as the ‘Sanitary Authority’ relate to health and sanitary conditions (Public Health (Ireland) Acts (1878-1896)), such as the prevention of disease and the care and management of burial grounds (Burial Grounds (Ireland) Act, 1898), sewerage systems, and water supply. The proceedings under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts (1883-1896) relate to the provision and maintenance of labourers’ cottages.
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.
Minutes are generally signed by the Chairman and witnessed by the Clerk.
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.