Board of Guardian Minute Books
TitleBoard of Guardian Minute Books
ReferenceBG/115/A
Date
1884-1924
Scope and ContentA record of meetings and decisions made by the board of guardians in administering the workhouse and poor relief generally. At meetings, officers’ reports and committee findings were heard, correspondence read and considered, and applications decided on. Matters arising with regard to the workhouse, staff, provisions, bills, finance, the Poor Law, the Poor Law Commissioners, the Local Government Board and the Local Government Department, and other issues, were also discussed. The minutes also include weekly statistics of admissions, discharges, and deaths in the workhouse, and of outdoor relief. Gaps: 27 Feb 1886 – 31 Sep 1886; 30 Sep 1887 – 3 Aug 1889; 24 May 1890 – 28 Mar 1891; 26 Mar 1892 – 26 Jan 1895; 29 Feb 1896 – 19 Sep 1896; 4 Sep 1897 – 9 May 1903; 9 Apr 1904 – 25 Feb 1905; 17 Aug 1907 – 31 Feb 1909; 31 Jul 1909 – 12 Feb 1910; 16 Jul 1910 – 26 Apr 1914; 24 Apr 1915 – 1 Nov 1919; 2 Nov 1920 – 4 Feb 1922.
Includes (for example):
24 May 1884 LGB order dated 12 May 1884 setting aside the return of the election of Edward Neville as guardian for Mashanaglass ED as, on inquiry, he ‘did not obtain a majority of good and lawful votes’.
28 Feb 1885 Reply to Mr McMullen, engineer, Cork Corporation, regarding pollution of the Lee, stating the board is having plans for the improvement of the sanitary condition of Macroom submitted to them, and that they do not consider themselves bound to submit those plans to Cork Corporation.
8 Nov 1919 Total inmates: 67. Out door relief: 146 persons.
LGB letter giving the ‘substance’ of the medical inspector’s report on the workhouse infirmary and fever hospital.
LGB letter regarding admission of an illegitimate child, noting the auditor must ‘be satisfied that the expenditure on the maintenance of any inmate is lawful and justifiable’.
LGB letter stating that sugar consumption must be reduced to comply with the Food Controller’s order.
Resolution calling on Irish Railways ‘to have the link between the city terminus of the Cork and Macroom Railway adapted for commercial use’.
LGB letter regarding boarded out children, noting that it may be desirable to place stated children whose school attendance is irregular with other foster parents.
19 Jun 1920 Resolution acknowledging the authority of Dail Eireann ‘as the duly elected government of the Irish people’.
17 Jul 1920 Series of resolutions, one stating that members missing three consecutive meetings without satisfactory explanation ‘shall be deemed to have tendered their resignations’, and others requiring that union stationery be in Irish, that advertisements be bilingual, that no official be appointed without a good knowledge of Irish, that officials under 40 acquire such a knowledge ‘as soon as possible’, and that Irish-speaking members ‘pledge ourselves to speak in Irish on suitable occasions’, while non-Irish speakers ‘pledge themselves to do their best to learn Irish’.
30 Sep 1922 Clerk reports that National Troops took possession of the workhouse, including the board and RDC buildings, on 18 Aug.
8 Dec 1923 LG letter forwarding a letter to be signed agreeing to give preference to men who have served in the National Army in filling vacancies. The chairman refused to sign it, stating ‘preference ought be given to men who fought against the English’. The board voted its support (5 to 3).
Resolution passed (7 to 5) ‘that the future business of the board be not transacted until the prisoners are released’. [The clerk pointed out that outdoor relief recipients would be deprived, and that notwithstanding three members could legally transact a meeting. Resolution rescinded 12 Jan 1924]
Includes (for example):
24 May 1884 LGB order dated 12 May 1884 setting aside the return of the election of Edward Neville as guardian for Mashanaglass ED as, on inquiry, he ‘did not obtain a majority of good and lawful votes’.
28 Feb 1885 Reply to Mr McMullen, engineer, Cork Corporation, regarding pollution of the Lee, stating the board is having plans for the improvement of the sanitary condition of Macroom submitted to them, and that they do not consider themselves bound to submit those plans to Cork Corporation.
8 Nov 1919 Total inmates: 67. Out door relief: 146 persons.
LGB letter giving the ‘substance’ of the medical inspector’s report on the workhouse infirmary and fever hospital.
LGB letter regarding admission of an illegitimate child, noting the auditor must ‘be satisfied that the expenditure on the maintenance of any inmate is lawful and justifiable’.
LGB letter stating that sugar consumption must be reduced to comply with the Food Controller’s order.
Resolution calling on Irish Railways ‘to have the link between the city terminus of the Cork and Macroom Railway adapted for commercial use’.
LGB letter regarding boarded out children, noting that it may be desirable to place stated children whose school attendance is irregular with other foster parents.
19 Jun 1920 Resolution acknowledging the authority of Dail Eireann ‘as the duly elected government of the Irish people’.
17 Jul 1920 Series of resolutions, one stating that members missing three consecutive meetings without satisfactory explanation ‘shall be deemed to have tendered their resignations’, and others requiring that union stationery be in Irish, that advertisements be bilingual, that no official be appointed without a good knowledge of Irish, that officials under 40 acquire such a knowledge ‘as soon as possible’, and that Irish-speaking members ‘pledge ourselves to speak in Irish on suitable occasions’, while non-Irish speakers ‘pledge themselves to do their best to learn Irish’.
30 Sep 1922 Clerk reports that National Troops took possession of the workhouse, including the board and RDC buildings, on 18 Aug.
8 Dec 1923 LG letter forwarding a letter to be signed agreeing to give preference to men who have served in the National Army in filling vacancies. The chairman refused to sign it, stating ‘preference ought be given to men who fought against the English’. The board voted its support (5 to 3).
Resolution passed (7 to 5) ‘that the future business of the board be not transacted until the prisoners are released’. [The clerk pointed out that outdoor relief recipients would be deprived, and that notwithstanding three members could legally transact a meeting. Resolution rescinded 12 Jan 1924]
Extent22 volumes
Persons keywordMacroom Board of Guardians
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RepositoryCork City and County Archives