Clifden Poor Law Union, Minute Book, 1892

Includes
-Transcript of letter from J McDonnell advising that ‘…yesterday evening I visited a family named Faherty living in Davis’s (one of the daughters having married two years ago a son of Davis of Gurteen, whose family had recently typhus fever) and found five of them suffering from typhus…’ (p19).

-‘The Board beg to refer to the Local Government Board inquiry held 24^th May 1888 and request them to give an opinion as to the suitability of the land purchased by Guardians as an extension to the old graveyard at Ballyconneely as it appears from the minutes of the evidence taken (which are sent herewith) that there were some objections to it and that their inspector Dr J Hamilton Burke visited the place and the landlord refuses to give a piece of land in exchange on the grounds that it would be too close to his residence’ (p39, see also p158).

-Details of a letter from James Perry, County Surveyor ‘Forwarding published map, plan, section of pipelines, specification & estimate in connection with the proposed water-works for the Town of Clifden and stating that he would be in Clifden on Wednesday and would be glad to afford any information they might require…’ (p136).

-‘Ordered: That the plans for the waterworks for the town of Clifden be forwarded as soon as possible to the Local Government Board’ (p157, see also p199).

-‘Resolved: That the well at Church Street, Clifden, be enclosed’ (p157, see also p176 & p217).

-‘Read memorial from the inhabitants of Claddaghduff, Selerna Electoral Division, requesting that a pump be erected or to find some other means of procuring for the inhabitants of the townland with a constant supply of pure water.
Order that Father Conroy be requested to get an estimate of what the pump will cost’ (p197).

-‘Ordered:  That Clerk telegraph the LGB to suspend the sealed order closing the Ballyconneely graveyard for one month.
The piece of ground already bought by the Guardians has been considered quite unsuitable by the Priests of the District.  It has been arranged that the money paid will be handed back and the Guardians are taking immediate steps to secure a more suitable place’ (p198).

-‘Relieving Officer, Thomas Lydon, reported that he had been served with six eviction notices, four at the suit of Alexius Mills and Mary Anne Rickham against John Casey, James [Gannon] and Pat King of Boolard, Clifden Electoral Division, and Martin Connelly Cushatrough, Selerna Electoral Division and one at the suit of Ellen Suffield against Pat Conneely and one against Festy Murray and Ellen Toole…’ (pp292-3).

-Details regarding members of the Board of Management of the Galway Hospital, under the Galway Hospital Act 1892 (p329, see also p469).

-‘….extract from “The Galway Observer” of (death of) a woman named Julia Faherty alleged to have been caused by starvation’ (p329, see also p371).

-Master reported that a ‘boy inmate Patrick Neary (aged 10 years), engaged for some time conveying the letters and other messages from the Clerk’s office to the Post after bringing the post stole out and, with other boys from Town went to bathe in the River adjacent to the House.  Soon after one of the boys with whom he had been bathing came and reported that he was drowned, help was immediately sent, and he was taken out of the water by a blind man named Coyne, efforts were made to restore animation, which after a time proved successful and he is now all right…’ (p347).

-Read Order signed by Robert Blaire, Esq., Sheriff Substitute, Stirling, Dumbarton, for removal to Ireland of Bridget Regan or Mannion, Margaret Mannion and Mary Mannion, born in the parish of Ballinakill within the Union of Clifden’ (p449).