Kilmallock Union Board of Guardian Minute Books 1839-1922

Reference Code: IE LA BG 106
Extent: 29 items

Scope and Content

Board of Guardians Minute Books (1839 - 1922). Between 20 February 1839 (first meeting) and 26 February 1841 meetings were held monthly; and from 26 February onwards, meetings were held weekly. Entries are recorded under headings, which include Clerk’s reports, Treasurer’s Account, Reports of the Master and Other Officers and Orders of and Letters from the Poor Law Commissioners. Also recorded are members present, details of correspondence, proposals and resolutions passed, and payments made. Also noted in each volume is information provided by the census on population of the Union in each decade

Subjects

Board of Guardians, Kilmallock, Grand Jury, Limerick, Inmates, Local Government Board, Lord Lieutenant, Poor Law, Poverty, Purchasing, Rates, Social Care

Creator(s)

Kilmallock Union Board of Guardians

Biographical / Historical Note

The Union was first known as Bruff Union, and this is the name that appears on the first volume.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: N.A.
Use Restrictions: N.A.
Related Materials: S.C. O Mahony. Guide to the Poor Law records of Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary.

Collection Content

I. Board of Guardian Minute Books, 1839-1922

Minute Books of the Board of Guardians of Kilmallock Union. The Union was first known as Bruff Union, and this is the name that appears on the first volume.

Between 20 February 1839 (first meeting) and 26 February 1841 meetings were held monthly; and from 26 February onwards, meetings were held weekly.

Entries are recorded under headings, which include Clerk’s reports, Treasurer’s Account, Reports of the Master and Other Officers and Orders of and Letters from the Poor Law Commissioners. Also recorded are members present, details of correspondence, proposals and resolutions passed, and payments made. Also noted in each volume is information provided by the census on population of the Union in each decade.

The first three volumes have the same format, but this changes from 1846 (BG/106/1/6) onwards, when a table is introduced in the first pages of every minute. The table shows the ‘Return of Paupers who were Admitted into, or Discharged from, the Workhouse; and the number of Sick, and the number Born, or who Died therein, during the week ending (date)’. From 1848 (BG/106/A/8), the headings changes to ‘Return of Destitute Persons relieved out of the Workhouse, as by Relief Lists, for the last week ending (date) authenticated and laid before the Board of Guardians at this meeting’.

From 1848 (BG/106/A/8) the first page of every minute also contains a table with the ‘State of the Workhouse for the week ending (date)’. This table breaks down into the following headings (across): Number of Inmates for which accommodation is provided in Workhouse/ Temporary Buildings/Additional Workhouses/Permanent Fever Hospital/Fever Sheds/Total; Aged and Infirm (male/female); Able-Bodied (male/female); Boys and Girls/Children under 2 years/Born (male/female)/Total; Return of Sicks and Lunatics: Number in Hospital on the above date/Number of Lunatics and Idiots in Workhouse on the above date/Observations. (down): Admitted during the Week; Total; Discharged during the Week; Died; Total Discharged and Died; Remaining on the above date.

From 5 January 1900 (BG/106/1/89) Financial Minutes for every meeting are included.

Extent: 29 items

PDF File: BG/106/A/1. 20 February 1839 - 20 October 1841

20 February 1839 - 20 October 1841
Extent: c.600pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/6. 28 March 1846 - 6 February 1847

28 March 1846 - 6 February 1847 Includes a letter (10 September 1846) from the Poor Law Commission Office (Dublin) to the Board of Guardians of Kilmallock Union related to the state of the potato crop: ‘Adverting to the information received from the Board of Guardians regarding the state of the Potato Crop in the Kilmallock Union, I am directed by the Poor Law Commissioners to express their deep regret that the Report of the Guardians is to so great and extent unfavourable. The Commissioners anticipated, in consequence hereof, a great increase of poverty and distress among the labouring population of the Union’.
Extent: c.600pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/11. 30 March 1850 - 28 September 1850

30 March 1850 - 28 September 1850 Includes a table of ‘Diet for Healthy Inmates’.
Extent: c.600pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/17. 2 April 1853 - 17 September 1853

2 April 1853 - 17 September 1853
Extent: c.600pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/22. 20 September 1856 - 28 March 1857

20 September 1856 - 28 March 1857
Extent: c.600pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/27. 2 April 1859 - 24 September 1859

2 April 1859 - 24 September 1859
Extent: c.300pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/33. 29 March 1862 - 21 March 1863

29 March 1862 - 21 March 1863
Extent: c.500pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/36. 1 April 1865 - 31 March 1866

1 April 1865 - 31 March 1866
Extent: c.500pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/38. 7 November 1868 - 8 May 1869

7 November 1868 - 8 May 1869
Extent: c.300pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/42. 12 November 1870 - 4 November 1871

12 November 1870 - 4 November 1871
Extent: c.500pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/48. 4 July 1874 - 3 October 1874

4 July 1874 - 3 October 1874
Extent: c.300pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/54. 9 June 1877 - 8 December 1877

9 June 1877 - 8 December 1877 Includes ‘Estimate to provide for the Expenditure of Kilmallock Union under the Poor Law Rating (Ireland) Law 1876. Period under Estimate: 29 September 1877
to 29 September 1878’
Extent: c.300pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/59. 31 January 1880 - 7 August 1880

31 January 1880 - 7 August 1880 Includes a list of ‘Tenders for Clothing and Bedding’ and a list of ‘Tenders for Provisions and Necessaries’.
Extent: c.300pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/64. 10 March 1883 - 1 March 1884

10 March 1883 - 1 March 1884
Extent: c.600pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/67. 5 June 1886 - 25 June 1887

5 June 1886 - 25 June 1887
Extent: c.500pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/70. 10 August 1889 - 30 August 1890

10 August 1889 - 30 August 1890
Extent: c.500pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/74. 19 March 1892 - 10 September 1892

19 March 1892 - 10 September 1892
Extent: c.300pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/80. 13 April 1895 - 19 October 1895

13 April 1895 - 19 October 1895 Includes an inventory of ‘Furniture and other articles in the Establishment’
Extent: c.300pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/86. 2 July 1898 - 21 January 1899

2 July 1898 - 21 January 1899
Extent: c.350pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/91. 20 July 1901 - 25 January 1902

20 July 1901 - 25 January 1902 Includes an inventory showing ‘Furniture and Other Articles in the Establishment’
Extent: c.350pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/96. 12 March 1904 - 24 September 1904

12 March 1904 - 24 September 1904 Includes a paper showing ‘Return of Children transferred from the Workhouse of above Union (Kilmallock) to the Glin District School, this 30th day of August 1904’
Extent: c.350pp
Access Rules: N.A.

PDF File: BG/106/A/102. 25 May 1907 - 9 November 1907