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IE CCCA/BG/65 Clonakilty Board of Guardians
insistence that the terms of Miss O’Neill’s engagement be adhered to ‘is unfair and unjust’. 70 patients were in attendants’ charge for nearly four weeks. Resolved, that the Admiralty and War Office are asked to immediately demobilise PL O’Driscoll (Medical Officer, Timoleague District) and Charles Nyhan (Medical Officer, Clonakilty District). [See also 9 May]. [LGB letter and newscutting regarding celebration of ‘Peace Day’: see 11 July 1919.] 27 Jun 1919 Resolution accepting with regret the resig nation of Sister O’Hare and directing the clerk ‘to issue advertisements intimating that we will appoint on 11 th July a Sister of Mercy to fill the vacant positio n’ [of Nun nurse]. 8 Aug 1919 Master’s report referring to Petty Sessions cases arising out of charges of assault in the workhouse kitchen, noting that the schoolmaster and his wife were fined a shilling each. He also refers to seeing them leave the workhouse with bags of clothes. The board order ‘we think this report as far as the schoolmaster and his wife is quite unnecessary’. [See also 25 July] 12 Sep 1919 LGB letter regarding the dietary and health of the schoolmistress, asking the number of children in the school. The board reply ‘the two schools are now amalgamated. Three boys and four girls are at present in the school’. [A further letter asks the board to consider abolishing the schools. See 10 Oct] 2 Jan 1920 Resolved, ‘in consequence of the ever increasing expenditure of this union’, that the LGB make inquiries ‘to remodel’ the ‘antiquated system’. [See also 23 Jan, including estimate totals for neighbouring unions 1916-20] 9 Jan 1920 Total inmates: 97. Out door relief: 128 persons. Union ledger surcharge made by the Auditor against the matron for deficiencies not accounted for in the Clothing Receipt Book.
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13 Feb 1920 – 10 June 1921
Indexed. Includes:
7 Feb 1920 Total inmates: 104. Out door relief: 129 persons.
25 Jun 1920 Resolved, to acknowledging Dail Eireann ‘as the duly elected government of the Irish people, and undertakes to give effect to all decrees duly promulgated by the said Dail Eireann in so far as same effects this board’. [See also, eg, 23 Jul, 13 Aug. On 12 Nov the board resolved not to open books for audit by any LGB auditor (see note on 26 Nov below)]
9 Jul 1920 Master’s report stating that on 5 July the military ‘dispossessed the male inmates fr om their apartments’. [Condemned by the board’s resolution]
23 Jul 1920 Letter from the Irish Transport and General Workers Union asking for salar y increases for ‘officers (members of the Union) in their employment’. 26 Nov 1920 Dail Eireann (Local Government Department) letter referring to the Conciliation Board (‘to arrange salaries of certain officers of the union’), and ‘pointing out that as the guardians have repudiated the English Local
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