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Indoor Relief Register (1b)
Extract from the register of persons admitted to and discharged from Milford Workhouse. This extract includes details such as name of husband/wife, number of children, electoral division and townland of residence, date when admitted/born and date when discharged/died.
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A site for Milford Workhouse (B)
Minutes of the board of guardians of Milford Union relating to the search for a site for the workhouse. This extract is from a minute of the board suggesting other possible locations for the workhouse i.e. Nathanial Stewart's or Babtist Barton's
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Dunshaughlin Poor Law Union - 02.05.1846 - Weekly Meeting viii
The weekly procedure of a Guardians' board meeting is presented using 2 May 1846 as an example. The inmates were tabulated in their various categories, the Masters' provisions books were checked and orders specified. Accounts and medical reports wer checked. Correspondance from the Poor Law Commission was read into the record and Guardians' responses and instructions were recorded.
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Dunshaughlin Poor Law Union - 02.05.1846 - Weekly Meeting viii -
Labourers Cottage, Model Plan D
Extract of design for labourers cottage, model plan D, in colour. Cross section and end elevation for a planned labourers cottage, with attached shed. Scale included.
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Meeting in Lifford to amalgamate the County Donegal Boards of Guardians
Report of a meeting held in Lifford in August 1920 where all but the Ballyshannon and Dunfanaghy guardians were present. This meeting suggested that the number of workhouses in the county be reduced and that the County Council take over the maintenance of the workhouses.
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Punishment Book 1b
Extract from the punishment detailing name of person who has been or who is to be punished; offence; date of offence; punishment given; guardians opinions on punishment and the punishment the guardians decide upon; and the date of punishment. Punishments are for both adults and children and are for offences such as fighting, abusive language, insubordination, refusing to work and going to Milford without permission.
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Punishment Book 3a
Extract from the punishment detailing name of person who has been or who is to be punished; offence; date of offence; punishment given; guardians opinions on punishment and the punishment the guardians decide upon; and the date of punishment. Punishments are for both adults and children and are for offences such as fighting, abusive language, insubordination, refusing to work and going to Milford without permission.
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Punishment Book 1a
Extract from the punishment detailing name of person who has been or who is to be punished; offence; date of offence; punishment given; guardians opinions on punishment and the punishment the guardians decide upon; and the date of punishment. Punishments are for both adults and children and are for offences such as fighting, abusive language, insubordination, refusing to work and going to Milford without permission.
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Punishment Book 3b
Extract from the punishment detailing name of person who has been or who is to be punished; offence; date of offence; punishment given; guardians opinions on punishment and the punishment the guardians decide upon; and the date of punishment. Punishments are for both adults and children and are for offences such as fighting, abusive language, insubordination, refusing to work and going to Milford without permission.
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Opening of Workhouse: public notice (b)
Notice to the public announcing that Milford Workhouse is open to the public. As a result of the workhouse being opened it requests that people do not encourage begging. Also lists admission proceedure for the workhouse.
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Outdoor Relief Register (extract 3)
Extract from an outdoor relief register from Milford Union giving details such as name, date of relief, sex, age, employment or calling, married or single, name of wife or husband, number of children, electoral division and townland in which resident at the time they began to receive relief.
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Punishment Book 2b
Extract from the punishment detailing name of person who has been or who is to be punished; offence; date of offence; punishment given; guardians opinions on punishment and the punishment the guardians decide upon; and the date of punishment. Punishments are for both adults and children and are for offences such as fighting, abusive language, insubordination, refusing to work and going to Milford without permission.
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Standard Dietary
Extract from the Eighth Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners detailing the dietary laid down by the commissioners for use in areas where three meals a day was the norm. This was then adopted by Milford Board of Guardians.
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State of the workhouse, Minutes (c)
Letter quoted in minutes of Milford board of guardians from George Wilkinson, Poor Law Architect. Letter deals with the condition of the workhouse building and Wilkinson states that only plaster and dash could stop the damp. He believed the cost of the plaster would be no more than £100.
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Records of Death of Sarah Davis
Extract from the Record of Deaths detailing date and cause of death, the name, age, sex and date of last admission to the workhouse of the person who died. Includes a record of coffins and shrouds purchased by the workhouse.
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Punishment Book 2a
Extract from the punishment detailing name of person who has been or who is to be punished; offence; date of offence; punishment given; guardians opinions on punishment and the punishment the guardians decide upon; and the date of punishment. Punishments are for both adults and children and are for offences such as fighting, abusive language, insubordination, refusing to work and going to Milford without permission.
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Poor Law Unions and their Records
Poor Law Unions and their Records by Dr. Raymond Gillespie outlines events leading to the creation of workhouses in Ireland, describes daily life in the workhouse and the records of this which still survive today.
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Washing and cleaning floors: extract from Visiting Committtee Report Book
Extract from the Visiting Committee's Report Book. Comment made by Samuel Horsley, Inspector in which he expresses his concern over the time at which the floors are scoured and washed.
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Storage of sweet milk
Extract from the Visiting Committees Report book relating to the way Sweet milk is stored in the workhouse. Buttermilk is carried in the sweet milk tub and this is causing the milk to sour quicker than necessary.
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Advertisement for Staff Nov 24th 1849
An advertisement for positions in the Carlow Union Workhouse 24th November 1849. This followed the vacancies arising from the dismissal of staff earlier that autumn. Posts advertised were those of Master, Matron, Porter, Assistant Schoolmaster and Hospital Nurse. The order was signed by Robert Davies, Clerk of the Union on 15th November, 1849
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Carlow Sentinel Masthead
A masthead of the "Carlow Sentinel" newspaper for Saturday, March 6th 1841. This newspaper which was Unionist and Conservative in its bias was published in Carlow between 1831 and 1920. The Sentinel reported on local news as well as world topics. It frequently reported on matters concerning the Established (Protestant) Church and the local landed gentry. It also contained articles on social and personal details of the aristocracy at home and abroad. The "Sentinel" is an important source for the history of the Carlow Poor Law Union from its beginnings in 1840.
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Advertisement for Master and Matron
This extract from the "Carlow Sentinel" of 13th January, 1844 is concerned with the seeking of applicants for the posts of Master and Matron at Carlow Union Workhouse in 1844. These were the first appointments to these posts. The advertisement sets out the duties of the Master as enforcing the employment of paupers, providing for the employment of paupers, keeping accouts taking charge of provisions and stores and superintending generally the Management of the Workhouse and its inmates. The salary was fixed at £60 per annum. The Master was also to receive apartments coals, candles and rations. The candidate was to provide two sureties of £200 each. The Matron was expected to assist the Master in the Management of the Workhouse, particularly the females and be competent in dressmaking skills. she would be paid £30 per annum and she would have to provide 2 sureties in the amount of £100 each.
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Elevation of Carlow Union Workhouse
Architectural drawing showing elevation of the Carlow Union Workhouse by George Wilkinson, 1841. The drawing is appended to the Seventh Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners for 1841. It shows three-storey main block with two-storey wings and ground floor colonade detail. Two square towers are also visible with window detail on visible flanks. The Union Workhouse which was operational by the mid 1840's was designed to house 800 inmates.
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General Valuation of Ireland, 1844 - Ballinacarrig Parish
The parish of Ballinacarrig from the Griffith's Valuation - County of Carlow, printed at the "Sentinel" and County printing office, Carlow in 1844. This is the early Townland Valuation and is distinct from Griffith's Primary Valuation of Tenements, 1853. The parish of Ballinacarrig, situated near Carlow town consisted of the following townlands - Ballinacarrig, Ballycarney, Bennekerry, Kilmeaney, Moanacurragh, Park, Quinagh and Staplestown. The total valuation for the parish in 1844 was £2,361.
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BLeinster Reformer Masthead
The Leinster Reformer which was published in Carlow from October 1839 - July 1841. It was a newspaper with Nationalist leanings and was often confrontational in style with the other Carlow newspaper "The Carlow Sentinel". It retailed at a price of 4 pence. It gave coverage of news from all over the world and Ireland and not just of Carlow interest.
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Drawing of an Economical Bedstead
A Drawing for an "economical" bedstead for use of paupers in Workhouses of Ireland, dating from 1847. It was designed by George Wilkinson the Architect of the Workhouses of Ireland (including the Carlow Union Workhouse).
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Minutes - State of the Workhouse 3rd June 1848
Extract from Carlow Union Minute Book 1848 showing State of the Workhouse for weekending Saturday the 3rd day of June 1848. It gives detailed analysis of the number of people (male, female, able bodied, aged and infirm, boys and girls etc) in the Workhouse and auxiliary workhouses at the time.
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Letters on the State of Ireland by J.K.L.
James Warren Doyle, also known as J.K.L. was born in Donard near New Ross, Co. Wexford in 1786. Dr. Doyle was completely opposed to the tithe system and felt the Workhouse System did nothing to solve the unemployment problem in Ireland, and he made his feelings known when called before the Lords and Commons about the State of Ireland. He then wrote his "Letters on the State of Ireland" and many letters on subjects of docturnal and public interest. He was a strong supporter of the poor and destitute. He was consecrated Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin in Nov 1819. J.K.L died in June 1834 and was interred in Carlow Cathedral in front of the high altar. These letters were printed by Richard Coyne, Dublin.
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Minute Book Carlow Poor Law Union,April 1849 - Nolan emigration
Extract from the Board of Guardians Minutes of the Carlow Union detailing a resolution to allow the Nolan Children, (whose father was recently desceased) to sail with a neighbouring family to their mother in New York on 5th April 1849. They were also to be put in the charge of their eldest sister. This is one of the most tragic of emigration stories from the Carlow Union Workhouse.
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Isometric Drawing of Carlow Union Workhouse
Isometric view of Carlow Union Workhouse by George Wilkinson, Architect. The Workhouse which is no longer in existence, was situated on the Kilkenny Road. It was designed in 1841. The isometric view is from the east, and shows the yards and rear of buildings at Carlow Union Workhouse. The open spaces at the rear are defined as (a) Male idiot yard, (b) Male Infirmary yard, (c) Female Infirmary yard, (d) Female idiot yard. At the back of the main block were situated the female yard (e) and the Male yard (f). In front of the main buildings were situated the (g) girls yard and (h) boys yard.
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Emigrant Ship 1850
Illustration of a typical Emigrant ship, similar to the "Lady Peel" featuring three tall masts. This ship dates from the 1850 period and had accommodation for various classes of passenger from respectable to steerage. Among the passengers would have been a number of female emigrants and even children from Workhouses would typically have travelled on such ships to Australia in the Nineteenth Century. Their passage would have been paid from charitable funds raised among the local gentry. The illustration depicts a ship of about 1,000 tons.
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Sentinel - Workhouse Staff Dismissal 1849
Extract from the "Carlow Sentinel" regarding the communication received from the Poor Law Commissioners. This followed their report on the widespread disruption and disorder in Carlow Workhouse in 1849 as investigated by Mr. J. Burke, Inspector to the Poor Law Commissioners. The communication contained five sealed orders for staff dismissal and one recommendation for dismissal in the case of the Assistant Clerk. The matter was reported in the Carlow Sentinel on 17th November 1849.
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Sentinel - Workhouse Staff Dismissal 1849