EX-OFFICIO GUARDIANS
Henry Bruen, Esq., M.P.; R Clayton
Browne. Esq., Sir Thorn Butler, Bart.; C. H. Doyne. Horace Rochford, John B
Brady, Butler, William Duckett, Samuel Elliott, James H. Eustace, HUJ
Faulkner, W. M. C. Bunbury, M.P.. Beaucham, B. Newton, J. Nob James F.
Sweeny, Henry Waters, John James Leckey, Thomas Vigors, James Eustace,
Richard Ellis, John L. Watson, Clement Wolseley, Hardy Eustace, T Haughton,
John Gray, Edmund Hager, William C. Cooper, H.H. Cooper, William R.
Fitzmaurice, and Peter Gale, Esqrs.
ELECTIVE GUARDIANS
William Fishbourne, sen., William R.
Lecky, Samuel Haughton, Simon Clarke, Edward Burton, Arthur Downing, Robert
Hank John McLean Baily, Wm. P. Butler. Benjamin B. Feltus, Peter Fenlon.
Henry Newton, Arthur Fitzmaurice. John Rudkin, George Whitney. P. J. Newton,
Thomas Singleton, William Fishbourne. Wm. R. Steuart, Thomas H. Watson,
Thomas Elliott, Henry C John Watson, Joseph Fishbourne. John Edge, William
Edge, Robert Farrell, Samuel Edge, Adam Jackson, and William Simmons, Esqrs.
The number of inmates occupying the
workhouse and Fever Hospital in May, 1848 was 1684, and 5869 persons were
receiving out door relief. With some improvement in conditions by early
September and the number of inmates considerably reduced in the workhouse
the Guardians were instructed to cease payment of out-door relief.
Recipients were informed accordingly and told that ample accommodation was
available in the workhouse if required. This resulted the virtual ending of
out-door relief, as families declined to accept the offer, leaving 16 people
only in receipt of out-door relief at end of the month.
However, by mid-January, 1849 wide spread
hunger had again broken down resistance to the workhouse, which quickly
became over crowded. Vast crowds assembled seeking out-door relief, with
local constabulary having to attend to preserve order. This resulted in the
Guardians perceiving the necessity of maintaining the principle of out-door
relief and requiring them to meet daily for a month to attend to the crisis.
In the meantime the outdoor relief system in Union had changed considerably.
Instead of money, the relieving officers gave tickets for meal to those
requiring relief. The following report of the 22 February, 1849 sets out the
scale of the crisis, the Guardians having to provide a number of auxiliary
Work Houses to meet the demand for in-door relief.
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OUT-DOOR RELIEF - CARLOW
UNION |
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No. of individuals receiving out-door
relief, and chargeable to
the Carlow Union, up to Friday, the
7th January, 1848, viz: |
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Adults, male and female |
940 |
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Children under 13 years old |
1208 |
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Total |
2148 |
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No. in house last Board day |
2273 |
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No. left workhouse |
81 |
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No. died in fever hospital |
2 |
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No. died in house |
7 |
= 90 |
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2183 |
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No. Workhouse patients in fever hospital |
76 |
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No. men in Mill-lane House |
72 |
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No. ditto sleeping at Nursery House |
158 |
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No. hoys at Mr. Dunne's Stores |
276 |
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No. Women do at Brewery House |
275 |
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No. girls sleeping at Graigue House |
243 |
= 1100 |
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1083 |
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Also at the February Meeting The
Guardians approved recommendation of Dr. Porter to "Appoint inspectors of
nuisances, with power to remove nuisances which were tending to endanger the
health of the inhabitants." It was hoped that with a Sewerage Scheme being
provided in the town this together with the removal of nuisances would help
to relieve the fever epidemic. The following inspectors were appointed under
the "Nuisance Removal Act'
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Tullow |
John
Prosser |
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Leighlinbridge |
Edward Hayden |
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Borris |
~ Geoghegan |
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Bagenalstown |
Thomas Ditcher |
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Carlow and Graigue |
James Harold |
The Clerk of the Union, Robert Davies
retired at this time and was replaced by Andrew Geo. English. Burrin Street,
Carlow.
The Guardians in August, 1849 for reasons
best known to themselves gave directions to the relieving officers to
"strike off numbers receiving out door relief." At that time the number of
families in receipt of this relief in the Union at large for each electoral
division was as follows: Carlow (289), Grangeford (37), Tullow (163),
Barragh (54), Myshall (72), Kiltennel (99), Borris (124), Bagenalstown (32),
Idrone (174), Kelliastown (39) Fenagh and Nurney (187), Shrule (164),
Graigue (183), Arles (153). By the end of September five families only were
in receipt of out-door relief. During the months official returns show that
the numbers of inmates in the work house and Auxiliaries had greatly reduced
from (3185) in mid July to (1464). At the end of September Cholera had
almost disappeared from the Leighlinbridge area and the fever hospital there
was closed. Borris and Kiltennell fever hospitals had already been closed
earlier that year.
However conditions again changed, and
while cholera was somewhat waning, destitution again increased at an
alarming rate and by early January 1850, the number of inmates in the
workhouse and auxiliaries had increased to 2331 and continued to rise.
In August, 1850 following a Boundary
Commission Report, alterations were made to Poor Law Unions throughout the
country. Carlow Union had portions of the Athy and Shillelagh Unions added
to its area, with areas of the Carlow Union being transferred to these
Unions. The Union itself was changed from fifteen electoral divisions
(Idrone West having been previously sub-divided) to forty five. Also at that
time the complement of the Board was increased to seventy, with thirty five
members being elected and thirty five ex-offlcio guardians. The first
election, following alteration of Union Boundaries, and electoral divisions,
held in March 1851 was uncontested in the Carlow Union, as reported in the
Sentinel on 8th March, 1851.
ELECTION OF GUARDIANS
The following is a list of the elective
guardians for the ensuing year. No nomination took place for the Division of
Turra, comprising ten townlands in the Queen's County, but the omission is
of little consequence, as the Queen's County portion of the Union will be
efficiently represented:
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GUARDIANS |
ELECTORAL DIVISION |
GUARDIANS |
ELECTORAL DIVISION |
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William Carter |
Rossmore & Ardough |
Arthur M.
Downing |
Rathornan & Ridge |
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William Edge |
Arles |
William R.
Lecky |
Kellistown & Ballinacarrig |
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Joseph Fishbourne |
Shrule & Ballickmoyler |
Robert
Hanlon |
Tullowbeg |
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Adam Jackson |
Graigue |
William
Young |
Tullow |
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William Hovedan |
Ballylehane & Farnans |
Douglas
Hamilton |
Rathrush |
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Benjamin J, Edge |
Doonane |
Henry Newton |
Rathanna |
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John Edge |
Newtown |
Henry Gary |
Nurney |
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George Whitney |
Borris |
William R
Butler |
Ballintemple |
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Garret Nolan |
Ballyellen |
John McClean
Bailie |
Ballon & Kilbride |
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Thomas Singleton |
Bagenalstown |
Edward
Burton |
Burtonhall & Johnstown |
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Samuel Haughton |
Carlow |
John Watson |
Ballymoon & Fenagh |
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Thomas C. Butler |
do |
John Newton |
Augha & Templepeter |
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Simon Clarke |
do |
Thomas H.
Watson |
Old Leighlin |
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Lorenzo Alexander |
Clogrennane |
John Rudkin |
Slyguff & Corries |
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Arthur FitzMaurice |
Kiledmond |
Thomas
Elliott |
Grangeford |
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William Richard Steuart |
Leighlinbridge |
John W. Bathe, Esqrs |
Garry hill |
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Benjamin B. Feltus |
Myshall |
Mr. Peter Fenlon |
Shangarry |
There will be no contest in any Division
of the Union
EX-OFFICIO GUARDIANS
The following are Ex-officio Guardians,
being Justices of the Peace within the union. In this list no change has
taken place since the past year:
Henry Bruen, M.P. Sir Thomas Butler Bart.
R. Clayton Browne, Horace Rochfort, Thomas Kavanagh, W.M.C Bunbury, M.P. Wm.
C. Cooper, William Fishboure, William Duckett, Charles H. Doyne, John B.
Brady, James Butler, Samuel Elliott, James H. Eustace, John Nolan, William
R. FitzMaurice, H.H. Cooper, John D. Duckett, Hugh Faulkner, J. F. Sweeny,
Clement Wolseley, Henry Waters, John James Lecky, Walter Newton, John L.
Watson, P. J. Newton, Thomas Haughton, John Gray, Edmund Hagarty, John H.
Keogh, Hugh Blackney, Hardy Eustace, John C. Vigors, James FitzMaurice,
Peter Gale, Esqrs.
In April 1851 the Town Gas Supply was
extended to the Work House and eighty two lights were provided in the
building. The following report sets out the number of inmates in the work
house, auxiliaries, and fever hospitals at the time.
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