Newspaper:WEXFORD Wexford Independent - Poorhouse Entries & Deaths, 20 Feb 1867
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FROM THE WEXFORD INDEPENDENT DATED THE 20TH FEB. 1867.
STATE OF WEXFORD UNION.
The usual weekly meeting was held on Saturday.
Present in the following order.
COGLEY, John.
CORISH, Raymond.
ROCHE, John.
WALSH, John.
KING, J.P.
DAKE, Thomas.
LAMBERT, Patrick.
FURLONG, Walter.
DEVEREUX, John.
CLIFFORd, Robert.
CODD, Richard.
CODD, Patrick.
RYAN, Pierce, D.V.C.
The Chair was taken by John Walsh.
The minute’s of the last day’s proceedings were read and confirmed.

State of the House.
570 remaining from previous week.
60 admitted during the week.
51 discharged during the week.
6 born during the week.
3 Died.
143 in the Infirmary.
25 in Fever Hospital.
24 in the Lunatic Ward.
An increase of 36 from the preceding week.

The Rev. Francis M. MARSHALL attended for the performance of religious duties on
Sunday, 10th Feb. 1867, and administered the last sacraments to a patient in the
hospital.
The Rev. James PEED performed Divine Service on the 10th Feb.
The Rev. Somerset B. BURTCHAEL read and catechised on the 15th.

Master’s Report.
An adult inmate named Edward BYRNE absconded on Monday evening by scaling the
walls. He has not yet returned.
The conduct of the inmate Sarah CONNICK, on Thursday, was such that I got a
warrant and had her removed from the workhouse.
The Master in reply to the guardian, said that the three boys who absconded on
Sunday the 10th had not yet been heard of. The only clothing taken by them the
property of the union, was one pair of stockings.


ADMISSIONS*
ARMSTRONG, Anne, Wexford.
BERGAN, Eliza, Killinick.
BRIEN, Michael, Tacumshane.
BYRNE, Thomas, Union.
CARROLL, John, Union.
DEVEREUX, Biddy, Union.
DONOHOE, Eliza, Union.
DOOGAN, Catherine, Rathaspeck.
DOOLEY, Margaret, Wexford.
DOYLE, Anne, Newcastle.
DOYLE, Johanna, Newcastle.
DOYLE, Johanna, Newcastle.
DOYLE, Margaret, Newcastle.
DOYLE, Mary, Newcastle.
DOYLE, Michael, Wexford.
DOYLE, Nicholas, Newcastle.
FANNING, Anne, Harpurstown.
FANNING, Mary, Harpurstown.
FITZGERALD, Nicholas, Union.
FLAHERTY, Michael, Wexford.
FURLONG, Thomas, Wexford.
HANNEBERRY, Michael, Wexford.
HAYES, Anne, Wexford.
HAYES, Mark, Wexford.
HAYES, Mary, Bridgetown.
HOPLEY, Ellen, Wexford.
HOWLIN, Mary, Wexford.
KEARNEY, Maria, Union.
KEARNS, Bridget, Ballymitty.
KELLY, Patrick, Wexford.
LEAGER, George, Union.
MCGRATH, Bridget, Union.
MCGRATH, William, Union.
MORRIS, Peter, Tacumshane.
MORRIS, Rose, Wexford.
MURPHY, James, Killag.
MURPHY, James, Union.
M’GLYNN, Mary, Union.
M’LAUGHLIN, Joseph, Drinagh.
QUILTY, John, Union.
REDMOND, Peter, Wexford.
REVILLE, John, Rosslare.
RIGLEY, John, Wexford.
ROCK, Cornelius, Wexford.
RYAN, Ellen, Wexford.
RYAN, Margaret, Carrig.
SINNOTT, John, Wexford.
SOMERS, Mary, Mayglass.
STAFFORD, Ellen, Harpurstown.
WALSH, Luke, Wexford.

RECORD OF DEATHS CONTAINED THE FOLLOWING NAMES.
ROWE, Mary age 70, Wexford.
RIGLEY, Anne, age 21, Union.
KEARNS, Bridget, age 70. Ballymitty.

Out Door Relief.
Number of recipients was 83, amount given £12.3.2.
On the motion of Raymond CORISH, Mary HORE, admitted to fever hospital, her
husband a brickmaker, but not in the house, was removed from Ballymitty and placed
in Harristown electoral division.
Thomas Dake moved that Kate EDWARDS, now in fever hospital, be changed from
Bridgetown to Kilmore electoral division.-Ordered.




*list put in alphabetical order