Identity area
Reference code
P/P155/69/21
Title
Extracts from the Minute Book of the Rathdrum Board of Guardians
Date(s)
- 1854-1978 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
Extracts from the Minute Book of the Rathdrum Board of Guardians
Context area
Archival history
Materials donated to Kerby A. Miller by P. J. Murray per his letter of 9th January, 1978.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Typed transcripts of extracts from the Minute Book of the Rathdrum Board of Guardians (Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow)' regarding the sending of emigrants to Canada from the workhouse in 1854. Also includes an article written by P.J. Murray entitled 'Matthew Lyon, a County Wicklow man who played an important role in the formation of the United States' and letter from Murray to Kerby A. Miller.