Notable Acquisitions 2007
Dublin Castle Records at Castlebar Library
Mayo County Library has acquired microfilm copies of records of the Dublin Castle administration in Ireland. The collection titled British in Ireland makes available original materials documenting the British presence and control in Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
British in Ireland chronicles the important period, from the rise of Parnell and the "Land War" of the early 1880s to the climactic signing of the Government of Ireland Act and the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1921. The materials which are drawn from surviving records of the British Administration in Dublin Castle contain:
- Anti-Government Organizations, 1882-1921.
- Royal Irish Constabulary Monthly Reports and Returns of Outrages, 1892-1897 Inspector Generals' and County Inspectors' Monthly Reports, 1898-1913.
- Inspector Generals' and County Inspectors' Monthly Reports, 1914-1918, and Police Reports, 1920-1921.
- Public Control and Administration, 1884-1921.
- Judicial Proceedings, Enquires and Miscellaneous Records, 1872-1926.
- Sinn Fein and Republican Suspects, 1899-1921
The movements of many important suspects active in the period directly prior to 1921 are documented including recently revealed police reports and surveillance information on more than 440 individual Sinn Fein and Republican suspects. Each file contains sensitive information on an individual suspect, presented in alphabetical order.
Irish Inland Fisheries:
Report of the Departmental Committee on Irish Inland Fisheries together with Minutes of Evidence, Appendices and Index. Dublin. H.M.S.O., 1912/1913, pages v, 23 [Report],ix, 564[Minutes, Appendices and Index]. Includes evidence taken at Foxford, County Mayo, 24th November 1911
Land Tenure:
Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Tenure (Ireland) Bill [H.L.]; together with the Proceedings of the committee, Minutes of Evidence, and Index. London. House of Commons, 1867. (The Earl of Lucan was a member of the Select Committee)
Land Valuation:
Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners of Inquiry into The Procedure and Practice and the Methods of Valuation followed by The Land Commission, The Land Judges Court, and The Civil Bill Courts in Ireland under The Land Acts and The Land Purchase Acts. Dublin. H.M.S.O., 1898. (The third volume is in the form of Apendices A-G + Index to Appendices. These Appendices contain a great deal of statistical information, also the names of individual tenants from estates all over Ireland).
Irish Fisheries:
Report of the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries on the Deep Sea Coast, and Inland Fisheries of Ireland, for 1870.Report of the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries on the Sea and Inland Fisheries of Ireland, for 1888.Report on Inquiries held by the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries into An Alleged Decrease in the supply of Fish off certain parts of the Coast of Ireland, and effects thereon by Trawling and other modes of Fishing. (Includes Killala Bay, County Mayo)
Contact Information:
Ivor Hamrock
Local History Department, Castlebar Central Library, John Moore Rd, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
Phone: +353 (0)94 9047953
Email: ihamrock@mayococo.ie