Galway County Council, Corporate Services / Fairs & Marts, 1978-2002
TitleGalway County Council, Corporate Services / Fairs & Marts, 1978-2002
RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services
ReferenceGC/CC/151/
Date1948 - 2002
CreatorGalway County Council
Production date 1948 - 2002
Scope and Content
Series of files of primarily typed correspondence, with some handwritten, between Galway County Council, the Department of Local Government, various legal representatives and lending institutions relating to the acquisition of Fairgreens and Tolls rights, the raising of any required loans (for example €4,500 in respect of Athenry Fair Green, GC/CC/151/81, Mar 1957), the control and management of fairs and marts, and collection and lease of tolls in various towns in county Galway, grazing of land, and in later years efforts to remove fairs off the streets of the towns into marts.
Extent30 files
LanguageEnglish
Archival historyOfficial transfer
SubjectFairs & Marts, Tolls
Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Restrictions may apply. 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.
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