Minutes of Queenstown Town Commissioners and Urban District Council
TitleMinutes of Queenstown Town Commissioners and Urban District Council
ReferenceTC/CQ/M/003
Date
7 Apr 1890 - 2 Jan 1901
CreatorCobh Town Council
Production date 1890 - 1901
Scope and ContentIncludes (for example):
- 4 Feb 1897 special meeting to approve applications by chairman of the Queenstown Baths Company, Mr Grogan
- 30 Apr 1897 records annual cost of maintaining roads in the town as £300
- 3 May 1897 meeting recommends testing of the fire engine at the admiralty pier
- 3 Jan 1898 commissioners agree to use limited amount of town's rate payer funds to advertise seaside attractions of town to tourists
- 5 Jan 1898 declaration of support to the Irish Catholic Laymen regarding the question of university education in Ireland
- 15 Mar 1898 records the expected impact of the Local Government Ireland Act on the town commissioners
- 29 Mar 1898 copy printed proposal for Queenstown Electric Lighting (further mention: 21 Sep 1898, and award to Cork Electric Tramways & Lighting Co Ltd., 28 Aug 1899 meeting)
- 1 Aug 1898 chairman and board invited by the 1798 centenary committee to attend the laying of memorial foundation to Theobold Wolfe Tone in Dublin
- 2 Jan 1899 final meeting of the Town Commissioners
- 16 Jan 1899 records election of Urban District Councillors, James Long (chairman), Joseph Grogan, Matthew Ambrose, Timothy Driscoll, and others, with number of votes per councillor recorded alongside those on the ballot but not elected
- 6 Feb 1899 committee appointed to select site for construction of labourers' dwelling houses
- 16 Feb 1899 resolution passed to prevent and police street preachers, whose 'presence is most obnoxious to Catholics & Protestants alike' and 'has in the past led to a breach of the peace'
- 13 Jul 1900 bill advertising for cemetery caretaker appended to minutes
- 4 Feb 1897 special meeting to approve applications by chairman of the Queenstown Baths Company, Mr Grogan
- 30 Apr 1897 records annual cost of maintaining roads in the town as £300
- 3 May 1897 meeting recommends testing of the fire engine at the admiralty pier
- 3 Jan 1898 commissioners agree to use limited amount of town's rate payer funds to advertise seaside attractions of town to tourists
- 5 Jan 1898 declaration of support to the Irish Catholic Laymen regarding the question of university education in Ireland
- 15 Mar 1898 records the expected impact of the Local Government Ireland Act on the town commissioners
- 29 Mar 1898 copy printed proposal for Queenstown Electric Lighting (further mention: 21 Sep 1898, and award to Cork Electric Tramways & Lighting Co Ltd., 28 Aug 1899 meeting)
- 1 Aug 1898 chairman and board invited by the 1798 centenary committee to attend the laying of memorial foundation to Theobold Wolfe Tone in Dublin
- 2 Jan 1899 final meeting of the Town Commissioners
- 16 Jan 1899 records election of Urban District Councillors, James Long (chairman), Joseph Grogan, Matthew Ambrose, Timothy Driscoll, and others, with number of votes per councillor recorded alongside those on the ballot but not elected
- 6 Feb 1899 committee appointed to select site for construction of labourers' dwelling houses
- 16 Feb 1899 resolution passed to prevent and police street preachers, whose 'presence is most obnoxious to Catholics & Protestants alike' and 'has in the past led to a breach of the peace'
- 13 Jul 1900 bill advertising for cemetery caretaker appended to minutes
Extent1 vol (c.450 pp)
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