Bandon Board of Guardians
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the question of the Treaty now under con sideration by Dail Eireann’.
28 Jan 1922 Clerk’s report stating that he applied to the Commanding Officer, Essex Regiment, Kinsale, for the minute book removed on 26 Feb 1921, but received a reply denying the book had been taken. LG Inspector’s letter u rging the boarding out of inmates and children. [11 Feb: an orphan boy sent to Danesfort Industrial School, Upton, on the advice of the medical officer and as arranged for by Rev Denis Scanlan CC]. 28 Feb 1922 Resolution condemning the wording [of the workhouse abolition scheme] , noting ‘those who set out to relieve “God’s Poor” subsequently describe some of them as Workhouse Rats’. Report of the Conciliation Board regarding reduction of officials’ bonuses.
25 Mar 1922 Resolution expressing horror at kill ings and ‘sacrilegious attacks’ on Catholics and churches in Belfast by ‘hordes of Orange Savages’.
8 Apr 1922 Letter from Michael O’Reilly, expressing surpris e at reading that his tender for provisions ‘was not considered on the ground that he was not employing Trade Union Labour ’. 20 May 1922 Official reports that ‘an officer and some men of the IRA from the Military Barracks asked me during the week for a small quantity of broken slates, which I gave them’. Approved. Resolved, that the Commission inquiring into war damage be asked to sit at Bandon, ‘seeing the destruction of property locally is so great’ , and to save witnesses from expense in travelling to Dublin or Cork. 3 Jun 1922 Letter received from the Superioress, Sacred Heart Home, Blackrock, Cork, agreeing to take an unmarried mother and her child from the workhouse, if she will supply doctor’s certificates, ‘is willing to remain at least twelve months, and conform to the simple rules of our institution’. [ 29 Jul: Bessborough Home recognized ‘ as an Extern Institution for the treatment of unmarried mothers of one child, and of children up to three years’.] 15 Jul 1922 Resolution of Cork Harbour Commissioners adopted, calling for an armistice and national conference, and inviting public bodies to a Cork conference, to address ‘the appalling prospect of a prolonged civil war’. Letter from Dorothy Stopford, medical officer, Kilbrittain, asking for an extension of leave as she has found ‘ I would be more useful here [Dublin], so stayed on in the cri sis, and have been at work night & day, mostly under fire’.
29 Jul 1922 Clerk reports that all inmates (16 male and 3 female) were boarded out on 21 July.
26 Aug 1922 Resolution of regret and adjournment on the deaths of Michael Collins, Arthur Griffith, and Harry Boland.
4 Nov 1922 LG Dept letter calling for ‘urgent action’ to deal with the large numbers of unvaccinated children in the county, owing to the near-epidemic of smallpox in England and Wales.
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