Dunmanway workhouse Board of Guardians (BG83)

Dunmanway Board of Guardians

IE CCCA/BG/83

28 Dec 1889 Order reprimanding an inmate for getting drunk and returning late when sent with the workhouse horse and van to collect a patient. Resolved, to pay £40 to the engineer on the labourers’ cottages for additional services. [Engineer had begun legal proceedings (30 Nov)]. 25 Jan 1890 Resolution protesting at the LGB’s ‘arbitrary action... in dissolving the Cork Board of Guardians, as a ridiculous attempt to stifle the expressions of opinion on matters concerning our most vital interests’. [See also 8 Feb: ‘several patriotic resolutions’ from Limerick union adopted].

15 Feb 1890 Sanitary officer’s report of a dwellin g unfit for human habitation in Coolmountain district. Labourer’s cottage offered to the occupant.

15 Mar 1890 LGB letter seeking details of a defalcation by a relieving officer. Resolution instructing that labourers’ cottages contractors be given 24 hour s notice to commence finishing work, and six days to complete it. 29 Mar 1890 Resolved, that the inmates get eggs for breakfast and fish for dinner on Easter Sunday. Medical officer, Dunmanway district, reports that all persons reported as unvaccinated on 18 Jan have since complied with the law.

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5 Apr 1890 – 27 Sep 1890 4 Oct 1890 – 28 Mar 1891 4 Apr 1891 – 26 Sep 1891 3 Oct 1891 – 2 Apr 1892 9 Apr 1892 – 24 Sep 1892 1 Oct 1892 – 25 Mar 1893 1 Apr 1893 – 24 Mar 1894 31 Mar 1894 – 22 Sep 1894 29 Sep 1894 – 5 Jan 1895 12 Jan 1895 – 23 Nov 1895 10 Dec 1895 – 1 Jan 1897 8 Jan 1897 – 18 Dec 1897 7 Jan 1898 – 10 Dec 1898 24 Dec 1898 – 1 Jun 1899 15 Jun 1899 – 31 May 1900 14 Jun 1900 – 13 Jun 1901 27 Jun 1901 – 12 Jun 1902 26 Jun 1902 – 2 Jun 1903 16 Jun 1903 – 7 Jun 1904 14 Jun 1904 – 11 Jul 1905 25 Jul 1905 – 18 Sep 1906

Cork City and County Archives 2011

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