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Manuscript Sources - Archives of Donegal County Council:

Parliamentary Records:

Hansard's parliamentary debates, 3rd Series, Vol. 39 - 44, (1837 - 38)

Reports:

Annual Reports of the Poor Law Commissioners, 1838 - 1847

Annual Reports of the Poor Law Commissioners for administrating the laws for the relief of the Poor in Ireland, 1848 - 1872

Annual Reports of the Local Government Board for Ireland, 1872 - 1921.

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Mooney, Thomas Aiskew, Compendium of the Irish Poor Laws; and general manual for the Poor Law Guardians and their officers (Dublin, 1887)

Works of Reference:

Thom's Almanac and Official Directory of the United Kingdom and Ireland (Dublin, 1845-)

Modern Works:

Crossman, Virginia, Local Government in nineteenth century Ireland (Belfast, 1994)

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Grant, James, 'The Great Famine and the poor law in Ulster: the rate in aid issue of 1849', in Irish Historical Studies, xxvii (1991), pp 30 - 47

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