This blog is a personal take on Listowel, Co. Kerry. I am writing for anyone anywhere with a Listowel connection but especially for sons and daughters of Listowel who find themselves far from home. Contact me at listowelconnection@gmail.com

Tag: Halo

Tralee path, The Lartigue, Industrial Schools and another old one

Cherry blossom on a path by the library in Tralee

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The Butler Centre


This beautiful building in the corner of The Square was once a tannery. Then it was a bank. Now it is in a far more fragrant recreation as a language school and beautiful venue for meetings, weddings etc.

http://butlercentre.ie

I am researching this and other buildings in Listowel Town Square for my gig at this year’s

 Listowel Writers’ Week

Why don’t you check out the full programme at the link above?

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Lartigue at 130


I popped in to the lovely Lartigue museum as they were celebrating 130 years since the service first ran. Read all about it here 

Lartigue

The good people at the Lartigue Museum have amassed their own National Treasures and they are on display in the museum. If you love to take a trip back in time or if you have visitors to entertain, be sure to visit this summer.

Volunteers and visitors.

 John and Mary and their friends from Listowel Writing Group gave readings of their work on the day. They are with Judy and Jimmy in my photo.

As I headed back to town I met some reenactors. They are not real soldiers but when they offered to take a selfie with me I didn’t feel I could refuse.

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Halo has Moved


Elaine has moved to a bigger premises on Upper William Street and she has expanded her range. She also now serves  coffee to take away or drink in the store or in the sun.



When I called in she was serving one of her faithful customers, Ruth O’Quigley

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Reasons for Commital to Industrial School in 1939




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Guerin’s Londis

Photo from the John Hannon Archive

Garvey’s Super Valu is here now.

Knock in 1885, the parade in 2017, Halo reopens and Clounmacon in the Listowel parade in the seventies


Dancing With the Stars;  Kerry is behind its favourite to win



A Kerry friend’s phone. Need I say more?

She’ll do it all over again on Sunday night.


When he was better known as a footballer, Aidan O’Mahoney brought the Sam Maguire to Pres. Listowel. Here he is with the late Sr. Nuala.

Photo: Breda Ferris


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Knock, Co. Mayo 1885

(Photo shared by Billy Austin on Facebook)

The Story of Knock began on the 21st August, 1879 when, at approximately 8 o’clock in the evening, fifteen people from the village of Knock in Co. Mayo, witnessed an Apparition of Our Lady, St. Joseph, St. John the Evangelist, a Lamb and cross on an altar at the gable wall of the Parish Church.The witnesses watched the Apparition in the pouring rain for two hours, reciting the Rosary. Although they themselves were saturated not a single drop of rain fell on the gable or vision. There were fifteen official witnesses to the Apparition, most of whom were from the village of Knock and surrounding areas and ranged in age from just 5 years old to 74 years old. Each of the witnesses gave testimonies to a Commission of  Enquiry in October 1879. The findings of the Commission were that the testimonies were both trustworthy and satisfactory.

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 More Photos from a very wet Listowel on St. Patrick’s Day 2017

I think these children were from Killocrim. Apologies if I’m wrong.

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New Trees at St. John’s



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Halo is Back on Church St.



 Elaine has taken a leap of faith and reopened her very popular Halo Health and Gift Shop across the road from her old location on Church St.

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A Treasure unearthed by Liam O’Hainnín

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St. Patrick’s Day in the 1970s


Tony Guerin shared some great old photos (mostly Clounmacon ).

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Mothering Sunday


Mothers’ Day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent.  This year, 2017 that is next Sunday, March 26th.

The tradition began in England over 400 years ago when, once a year people visited the church in the parish where their mother was born. While visiting the church they also visited their mothers. This visit was special all that time ago because there were no cars and no public transport and making any journey was a big undertaking. This day became known as Mothering Sunday.

The USA and other parts of the world celebrate it on the second Sunday in May.


Something old, something new…..

Another great oldie from Mike the Pies on Facebook



Mike the Pies early 60’s. Paddy Murphy, Jack Mangan, Dan Joe Leahy, Dan O’Donoghue, Danny Hayes, Jack Leahy, Mick Halpin.

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Then and Now







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Outward Bound for Rome 1950



Michael Kennelly’s caption on this group of photos says “On board the Inisfallen from Cork”




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Big job underway at Ballybunion Castle




The walls are being strengthened and treated to withstand the ravages of the sea. The top bit which was blown down in a storm will not be replaced. It’s good to see that this landmark will be with us for a while yet.

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Athea visit with some old friends



Phil and Frank visited me last week and I brought them to one of my favourite places, Athea

 Phil and Frank ar Shlí na Sí

They had seen bug houses but never before a bug hotel.

They left their worries behind with the worry fairy.

The local craft group were working that morning and their keen eyed marketing manager spotted some potential customers.

Phil and Frank bought a fairy door for their granddaughter  and one of the very artistic ladies customized it especially for Cara.

We had a lovely lunch in Blueberry Home Bakery where we found my book sitting on the table for the entertainment of the diners.

Old postboxes, shop changes and Josie Enright, dancer

Beautiful Ballybunion

Another beautiful Ballybunion sunset by Mike Enright

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Old post boxes

I have a fascination with old post boxes. I photographed this one in East Ferry recently. It dates from the reign of Queen Victoria. There is another Victorian one in Macroom. I spotted it one day while stuck in traffic.

Why do I mention this now?

I recently read in tourist literature for Guernsey that that island’s St. Peter Port claims to have the oldest postbox still in use in the British Isles. Their one is on Union Street and it was put in place in 1853.

Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1838. Could we be about to burst Guernsey’s bubble? How do we find out?

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Then and Now




Veterinary Centre, The Square

Cheryl’s Vintage Shop










Halo on Church St.



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Josie Enright, renowned Irish dancer from Moyvane

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London Irish



The London Irish Centre recently added these photos to its website. The people in the photos are not identified but I’m sure the scenes will be familiar to many of my older readers.


The rooms were fairly cell like.

It must be Sunday, judging by the suit and tie.

Christmas Social

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Earth to Echo and a random act of kindness



When my grandchildren are on holiday with me, one of our preferred rainy day outings is to the cinema. This time we went to see Earth to Echo in the intimate Screen 3 at Listowel Classic Cinema. The film, reminiscent of E.T. was actually quite good.

As we made our way to the cinema along the John B. Keane Road we met Billy Keane out walking. Billy put his hand in his pocket and stood to the two boys in memory of their grandfather, Jim Cogan, whom Billy always acknowledges as having contributed to his education. Such random acts of generosity are more rare nowadays and the boys told me that they only ever experience this type of  spontaneous generosity in Kerry. Some traditions are worth keeping. Standing to children is one of them.

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Daniel O’Donnell and Dolores Keane in the INEC recently  (photo Facebook)

Listowel and Compensation claims after the civil war

Another shop closure on Church St.

Elaine at work in Halo on one of her last days trading in Church St. I’m sorry to see her go and I wish her well in whatever new venture she takes on.




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Changes






Listowel then and now




Listowel Printing Works then, Easons now


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Pronto a Mangiar then; Emilia’s now

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Is this a eucalyptus?




If this is a eucalyptus then Vincent Carmody might have discovered why it is bare of leaves in the height of summer.

Vincent writes:

“In your blog of 31/6 you had a photograph of a bare tree in the Towm Park and posed the question, why is it bare ? Is it a eucalyptus tree? if so, the answer is on page 1 of today’s Irish Examiner Farming section.

This contains an article on Beetle pest, part of which states,

“It is the first leaf beetle of its kind to become established in Europe, and was initially discovered damaging foliage crops in Kerry in 2007. It is now commonly found in many areas of Co. Cork.Predictions of the pattern of spread suggest that it only a matter of time before it is established throughout the island, posing a bio-security risk also to the U.K. and mainland Europe. The colourful beetle defoliates eucalyptus trees and even small amounts of damage renders renders eucalyptus foliage crops unmarketable.” 

So now you know, if it is a eucalyptus tree…. if not, one can learn something new everyday !!!”

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Drat!!!!!


This is Ballymaloe House which I visited on Friday last .

This is Hollywood heart throb Gabriel Byrne. He is in the news because he married his long term girlfriend in Ballymaloe House on Saturday last.

I missed it by a whisker.

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More Kerry applications for compensation after the Civil War


Title

Timothy O’Carroll, Ballyhennessy,
Lixnaw, County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/12

Date

Dec 1922-[?1926]

Creator

Department
of Finance
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Administrative
History/Biography

Past
responsibilities of the Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary
and economic policy; taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of
the national accounts and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and
expenditure by government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the
management of the Civil Service including recruitment, staffing,
establishment, promotion, remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation
and arbitration; the preparation and examination of Bills; economic
forecasting, planning and development (from 1959); European Union policy
co-ordination and the European Union budget and funds. It was allocated
responsibility in January and April 1922 for the control of a wide number of
agencies taken over from the previous administration and is currently directly
responsible for overseeing the administration of the Revenue Commissioners,
the Office of Public Works, the Civil Service Commission, the Valuation
Office, the Ordnance Survey, the State Laboratory and the Office of the
Ombudsman and Information Commissioner. The initial official designation of
the Department under the Provisional Government (1922) was ´Finance and
General´, but the title never seems to have been used. Before April 1922, the
non-official titles employed were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or
Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From 1 April 1922 by order of the Executive
Council [the Cabinet], its official title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’.
The term ´Treasury´ persisted less formally, and references to ´Finance
Department´ also occur in Executive Council minutes. Official titles of
offices were not formally settled until the Ministers and Secretaries Act
1924, when the title the Department of Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish]
was established. The Department can also trace part of its provenance to the
Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

One Ridge Whitworth motorcycle
commandeered at Listowel by Irregular forces on 3/4 July 1922

Title

Hannah Dromey, Cahirciveen, County
Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/16

Date

Feb 1923-[?1926]

Creator

Department
of Finance
Description: http://nai.adlibhosting.com/images/plus.gif

Administrative
History/Biography

Past
responsibilities of the Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary
and economic policy; taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of
the national accounts and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and
expenditure by government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the
management of the Civil Service including recruitment, staffing,
establishment, promotion, remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation
and arbitration; the preparation and examination of Bills; economic
forecasting, planning and development (from 1959); European Union policy
co-ordination and the European Union budget and funds. It was allocated
responsibility in January and April 1922 for the control of a wide number of
agencies taken over from the previous administration and is currently
directly responsible for overseeing the administration of the Revenue
Commissioners, the Office of Public Works, the Civil Service Commission, the
Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the State Laboratory and the Office of
the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner. The initial official designation of
the Department under the Provisional Government (1922) was ´Finance and
General´, but the title never seems to have been used. Before April 1922, the
non-official titles employed were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or
Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From 1 April 1922 by order of the Executive
Council [the Cabinet], its official title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’.
The term ´Treasury´ persisted less formally, and references to ´Finance
Department´ also occur in Executive Council minutes. Official titles of
offices were not formally settled until the Ministers and Secretaries Act
1924, when the title the Department of Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish]
was established. The Department can also trace part of its provenance to the
Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

One motor cycle and one push bike
commandeered at Cahirciveen by IRA [Irish Republican Army] on 12 August 1921.

Extent

1 file

Title

John C Duffy, Green View Terrace,
Tralee, County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/27

Date

Dec 1922-Nov 1926

Creator

Department
of Finance
Description: http://nai.adlibhosting.com/images/plus.gif

Administrative
History/Biography

Past
responsibilities of the Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary
and economic policy; taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of
the national accounts and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and
expenditure by government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the
management of the Civil Service including recruitment, staffing,
establishment, promotion, remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation
and arbitration; the preparation and examination of Bills; economic
forecasting, planning and development (from 1959); European Union policy
co-ordination and the European Union budget and funds. It was allocated
responsibility in January and April 1922 for the control of a wide number of
agencies taken over from the previous administration and is currently
directly responsible for overseeing the administration of the Revenue
Commissioners, the Office of Public Works, the Civil Service Commission, the
Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the State Laboratory and the Office of
the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner. The initial official designation of
the Department under the Provisional Government (1922) was ´Finance and
General´, but the title never seems to have been used. Before April 1922, the
non-official titles employed were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or
Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From 1 April 1922 by order of the Executive
Council [the Cabinet], its official title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’.
The term ´Treasury´ persisted less formally, and references to ´Finance
Department´ also occur in Executive Council minutes. Official titles of
offices were not formally settled until the Ministers and Secretaries Act
1924, when the title the Department of Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish]
was established. The Department can also trace part of its provenance to the
Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

One Ford motor car seized and taken
away at Edward Street, Tralee, by unknown men on 6 August 1921

Title

John Fitzgerald, Strand Street, Tralee, County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/31

Date

Dec 1922- Feb 1927

Creator

Department
of Finance
Description: http://nai.adlibhosting.com/images/plus.gif

Administrative
History/Biography

Past
responsibilities of the Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary
and economic policy; taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of
the national accounts and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and
expenditure by government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the
management of the Civil Service including recruitment, staffing,
establishment, promotion, remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation
and arbitration; the preparation and examination of Bills; economic
forecasting, planning and development (from 1959); European Union policy
co-ordination and the European Union budget and funds. It was allocated
responsibility in January and April 1922 for the control of a wide number of
agencies taken over from the previous administration and is currently
directly responsible for overseeing the administration of the Revenue
Commissioners, the Office of Public Works, the Civil Service Commission, the
Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the State Laboratory and the Office of
the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner. The initial official designation
of the Department under the Provisional Government (1922) was ´Finance and
General´, but the title never seems to have been used. Before April 1922, the
non-official titles employed were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or
Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From 1 April 1922 by order of the Executive
Council [the Cabinet], its official title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’.
The term ´Treasury´ persisted less formally, and references to ´Finance
Department´ also occur in Executive Council minutes. Official titles of
offices were not formally settled until the Ministers and Secretaries Act
1924, when the title the Department of Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish]
was established. The Department can also trace part of its provenance to the
Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

One motor car seized and taken away
at Tralee by unknown persons on 19 July 1922.

Title

Ambrose Deenihan, creamery manager, Tonreagh, Ballyheigue,
County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/40

Date

Dec 1922-Jan 1927

Creator

Department of FinanceDescription: http://nai.adlibhosting.com/images/plus.gif

Administrative History/Biography

Past responsibilities of the
Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary and economic policy;
taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of the national accounts
and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and expenditure by
government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the management of the
Civil Service including recruitment, staffing, establishment, promotion,
remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation and arbitration; the
preparation and examination of Bills; economic forecasting, planning and
development (from 1959); European Union policy co-ordination and the European
Union budget and funds. It was allocated responsibility in January and April
1922 for the control of a wide number of agencies taken over from the
previous administration and is currently directly responsible for overseeing
the administration of the Revenue Commissioners, the Office of Public Works,
the Civil Service Commission, the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the
State Laboratory and the Office of the Ombudsman and Information
Commissioner. The initial official designation of the Department under the Provisional
Government (1922) was ´Finance and General´, but the title never seems to
have been used. Before April 1922, the non-official titles employed were
‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From 1
April 1922 by order of the Executive Council [the Cabinet], its official
title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’. The term ´Treasury´ persisted less
formally, and references to ´Finance Department´ also occur in Executive
Council minutes. Official titles of offices were not formally settled until
the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, when the title the Department of
Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish] was established. The Department can
also trace part of its provenance to the Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

One motor cycle, side car and accessories taken from
claimant’s residence at Tonreagh by armed men on 7 July 1922; file states
claimant subsequently found the vehicle badly damaged at Ballymullen
Barracks, County Kerry.

Title

Patrick Barrett, Pembroke Street,
Tralee, County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/54

Date

Jan 1923-[?1926]

Creator

Department
of Finance
Description: http://nai.adlibhosting.com/images/plus.gif

Administrative
History/Biography

Past
responsibilities of the Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary
and economic policy; taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of
the national accounts and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and
expenditure by government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the
management of the Civil Service including recruitment, staffing,
establishment, promotion, remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation
and arbitration; the preparation and examination of Bills; economic
forecasting, planning and development (from 1959); European Union policy
co-ordination and the European Union budget and funds. It was allocated
responsibility in January and April 1922 for the control of a wide number of
agencies taken over from the previous administration and is currently
directly responsible for overseeing the administration of the Revenue
Commissioners, the Office of Public Works, the Civil Service Commission, the
Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the State Laboratory and the Office of
the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner. The initial official designation
of the Department under the Provisional Government (1922) was ´Finance and
General´, but the title never seems to have been used. Before April 1922, the
non-official titles employed were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or
Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From 1 April 1922 by order of the Executive
Council [the Cabinet], its official title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’.
The term ´Treasury´ persisted less formally, and references to ´Finance Department´
also occur in Executive Council minutes. Official titles of offices were not
formally settled until the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, when the title
the Department of Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish] was established. The
Department can also trace part of its provenance to the Dáil Éireann
Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

Damage to claimant’s property and
articles while occupied by National troops at Pembroke Street, Tralee, in
August 1922

Title

Hannah O’Donnell, Lohercannon House, Tralee, County
Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/46

Date

Dec 1922- Jan 1927

Creator

Department of FinanceDescription: http://nai.adlibhosting.com/images/plus.gif

Administrative History/Biography

Past responsibilities of the
Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary and economic policy;
taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of the national accounts
and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and expenditure by
government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the management of the
Civil Service including recruitment, staffing, establishment, promotion,
remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation and arbitration; the
preparation and examination of Bills; economic forecasting, planning and
development (from 1959); European Union policy co-ordination and the European
Union budget and funds. It was allocated responsibility in January and April
1922 for the control of a wide number of agencies taken over from the
previous administration and is currently directly responsible for overseeing
the administration of the Revenue Commissioners, the Office of Public Works,
the Civil Service Commission, the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the
State Laboratory and the Office of the Ombudsman and Information
Commissioner. The initial official designation of the Department under the
Provisional Government (1922) was ´Finance and General´, but the title never
seems to have been used. Before April 1922, the non-official titles employed
were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From
1 April 1922 by order of the Executive Council [the Cabinet], its official
title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’. The term ´Treasury´ persisted less
formally, and references to ´Finance Department´ also occur in Executive
Council minutes. Official titles of offices were not formally settled until
the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, when the title the Department of
Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish] was established. The Department can also
trace part of its provenance to the Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

One Triumph motor cycle taken by Irregular forces at
‘Glenview’, Ballyard, Tralee, County Kerry, on 17 July 1922

Title

Captain Jack F Shea, Glenbeigh, County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/21

Date

Feb 1923-Nov 1926

Creator

Department of FinanceDescription: http://nai.adlibhosting.com/images/plus.gif

Administrative History/Biography

Past responsibilities of the
Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary and economic policy;
taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of the national accounts
and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and expenditure by
government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the management of the
Civil Service including recruitment, staffing, establishment, promotion,
remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation and arbitration; the
preparation and examination of Bills; economic forecasting, planning and
development (from 1959); European Union policy co-ordination and the European
Union budget and funds. It was allocated responsibility in January and April
1922 for the control of a wide number of agencies taken over from the
previous administration and is currently directly responsible for overseeing
the administration of the Revenue Commissioners, the Office of Public Works,
the Civil Service Commission, the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the
State Laboratory and the Office of the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner.
The initial official designation of the Department under the Provisional
Government (1922) was ´Finance and General´, but the title never seems to
have been used. Before April 1922, the non-official titles employed were
‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From 1
April 1922 by order of the Executive Council [the Cabinet], its official
title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’. The term ´Treasury´ persisted less
formally, and references to ´Finance Department´ also occur in Executive
Council minutes. Official titles of offices were not formally settled until
the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, when the title the Department of
Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish] was established. The Department can
also trace part of its provenance to the Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

Apartments and food forcibly supplied to Irregular forces at
Glenbeigh from 5 July 1922 to 21 January 1923; drapery goods and alcohol
commandeered at Keelnabrack, Glenbeigh, County Kerry, by Irregular forces on
24 February 1923; cattle commandeered at Lower Keelnabrack, Glenbeigh, County
Kerry, by Irregular forces commissariat on 8 October 1921.

Title

Richard Lavin,40 Lower
Bridge Street, Tralee, County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/47

Date

Dec 1922-Dec 1926

Creator

Department of FinanceDescription: http://nai.adlibhosting.com/images/plus.gif

Administrative History/Biography

Past responsibilities of the
Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary and economic policy;
taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of the national accounts
and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and expenditure by
government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the management of the
Civil Service including recruitment, staffing, establishment, promotion,
remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation and arbitration; the
preparation and examination of Bills; economic forecasting, planning and
development (from 1959); European Union policy co-ordination and the European
Union budget and funds. It was allocated responsibility in January and April
1922 for the control of a wide number of agencies taken over from the
previous administration and is currently directly responsible for overseeing
the administration of the Revenue Commissioners, the Office of Public Works,
the Civil Service Commission, the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the
State Laboratory and the Office of the Ombudsman and Information
Commissioner. The initial official designation of the Department under the
Provisional Government (1922) was ´Finance and General´, but the title never
seems to have been used. Before April 1922, the non-official titles employed
were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From
1 April 1922 by order of the Executive Council [the Cabinet], its official
title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’. The term ´Treasury´ persisted less
formally, and references to ´Finance Department´ also occur in Executive
Council minutes. Official titles of offices were not formally settled until
the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, when the title the Department of
Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish] was established. The Department can
also trace part of its provenance to the Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

Two Ford cars and accessories destroyed and garage premises
set on fire at Prince’s Quay, Tralee, County Kerry, on 6 September 1922

Title

Henry Percival
Maxwel
l, Landsdowne Lodge, Kenmare, County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/52

Date

Jan 1923-Dec 1926

Creator

Department of FinanceDescription: http://nai.adlibhosting.com/images/plus.gif

Administrative History/Biography

Past responsibilities of the
Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary and economic policy;
taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of the national accounts
and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and expenditure by
government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the management of the
Civil Service including recruitment, staffing, establishment, promotion,
remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation and arbitration; the
preparation and examination of Bills; economic forecasting, planning and
development (from 1959); European Union policy co-ordination and the European
Union budget and funds. It was allocated responsibility in January and April
1922 for the control of a wide number of agencies taken over from the
previous administration and is currently directly responsible for overseeing
the administration of the Revenue Commissioners, the Office of Public Works,
the Civil Service Commission, the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the
State Laboratory and the Office of the Ombudsman and Information
Commissioner. The initial official designation of the Department under the
Provisional Government (1922) was ´Finance and General´, but the title never
seems to have been used. Before April 1922, the non-official titles employed
were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From
1 April 1922 by order of the Executive Council [the Cabinet], its official
title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’. The term ´Treasury´ persisted less
formally, and references to ´Finance Department´ also occur in Executive
Council minutes. Official titles of offices were not formally settled until
the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, when the title the Department of
Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish] was established. The Department can also
trace part of its provenance to the Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

Three bullocks taken away at Kenmare Old, County Kerry, and
Gortnadullagh, County Kerry, by armed men in the months of September and
October 1922; goods looted from claimant’s house at Kenmare by armed men on
various dates from 28 July to 7 November 1922; field gates and corrugated
iron taken away at Kenmare Old, County Kerry, and Gortnadullagh, County
Kerry, by unknown persons on various dates from 6 August to 8 November 1922;
bedding goods taken away at Kenmare by armed Irregular forces on various
dates from 25 October to 8 November 1922

Title

Michael Egan, Maglass, (No Suggestions), County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/53

Date

Jan 1923-[?1926]

Creator

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Administrative History/Biography

Past responsibilities of the Department
of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary and economic policy; taxation
(from 1923); the preparation and auditing of the national accounts and the
annual budget, the collection of revenue and expenditure by government
agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the management of the Civil
Service including recruitment, staffing, establishment, promotion,
remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation and arbitration; the
preparation and examination of Bills; economic forecasting, planning and development
(from 1959); European Union policy co-ordination and the European Union
budget and funds. It was allocated responsibility in January and April 1922
for the control of a wide number of agencies taken over from the previous
administration and is currently directly responsible for overseeing the
administration of the Revenue Commissioners, the Office of Public Works, the
Civil Service Commission, the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the
State Laboratory and the Office of the Ombudsman and Information
Commissioner. The initial official designation of the Department under the
Provisional Government (1922) was ´Finance and General´, but the title never
seems to have been used. Before April 1922, the non-official titles employed
were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From
1 April 1922 by order of the Executive Council [the Cabinet], its official
title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’. The term ´Treasury´ persisted less
formally, and references to ´Finance Department´ also occur in Executive
Council minutes. Official titles of offices were not formally settled until
the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, when the title the Department of
Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish] was established. The Department can
also trace part of its provenance to the Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

One motor lorry taken away at Ballydwyer, County Kerry, by
National troops on 15 August 1922

Title

Sara Cain, Listowel, County
Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/62

Date

Feb 1923-[?1926]

Creator

Department
of Finance
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Administrative
History/Biography

Past
responsibilities of the Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary
and economic policy; taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of
the national accounts and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and
expenditure by government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the
management of the Civil Service including recruitment, staffing,
establishment, promotion, remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation
and arbitration; the preparation and examination of Bills; economic
forecasting, planning and development (from 1959); European Union policy
co-ordination and the European Union budget and funds. It was allocated
responsibility in January and April 1922 for the control of a wide number of
agencies taken over from the previous administration and is currently
directly responsible for overseeing the administration of the Revenue
Commissioners, the Office of Public Works, the Civil Service Commission, the
Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the State Laboratory and the Office of
the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner. The initial official designation of
the Department under the Provisional Government (1922) was ´Finance and
General´, but the title never seems to have been used. Before April 1922, the
non-official titles employed were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or
Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From 1 April 1922 by order of the Executive
Council [the Cabinet], its official title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’.
The term ´Treasury´ persisted less formally, and references to ´Finance
Department´ also occur in Executive Council minutes. Official titles of
offices were not formally settled until the Ministers and Secretaries Act
1924, when the title the Department of Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish]
was established. The Department can also trace part of its provenance to the
Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

Dwelling house occupied by National
troops which they subsequently burned down after vacating the premises along
with the furniture therein at Spa, Tralee on 19 January 1923.

Title

William A Lynn, Castle Street,
Tralee, County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/72

Date

Jan 1923- Dec 1926

Creator

Department
of Finance
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Administrative
History/Biography

Past
responsibilities of the Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary
and economic policy; taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of
the national accounts and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and
expenditure by government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the
management of the Civil Service including recruitment, staffing,
establishment, promotion, remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation
and arbitration; the preparation and examination of Bills; economic
forecasting, planning and development (from 1959); European Union policy
co-ordination and the European Union budget and funds. It was allocated
responsibility in January and April 1922 for the control of a wide number of
agencies taken over from the previous administration and is currently directly
responsible for overseeing the administration of the Revenue Commissioners,
the Office of Public Works, the Civil Service Commission, the Valuation
Office, the Ordnance Survey, the State Laboratory and the Office of the
Ombudsman and Information Commissioner. The initial official designation of
the Department under the Provisional Government (1922) was ´Finance and
General´, but the title never seems to have been used. Before April 1922, the
non-official titles employed were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or
Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From 1 April 1922 by order of the Executive
Council [the Cabinet], its official title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’.
The term ´Treasury´ persisted less formally, and references to ´Finance
Department´ also occur in Executive Council minutes. Official titles of
offices were not formally settled until the Ministers and Secretaries Act
1924, when the title the Department of Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish]
was established. The Department can also trace part of its provenance to the
Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

One Ford motor car and 6 suits of
clothes taken away at Tralee by National troops on 15 February and 11 July
1922.

Title

Ellen Harman,
William Street, Listowel, County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/105

Date

Jan 1923-Feb 1927

Creator

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Administrative
History/Biography

Past responsibilities of
the Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary and economic
policy; taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of the national
accounts and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and expenditure
by government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the management of
the Civil Service including recruitment, staffing, establishment,
promotion, remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation and
arbitration; the preparation and examination of Bills; economic
forecasting, planning and development (from 1959); European Union policy
co-ordination and the European Union budget and funds. It was allocated
responsibility in January and April 1922 for the control of a wide number
of agencies taken over from the previous administration and is currently
directly responsible for overseeing the administration of the Revenue
Commissioners, the Office of Public Works, the Civil Service Commission,
the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the State Laboratory and the
Office of the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner. The initial official
designation of the Department under the Provisional Government (1922) was
´Finance and General´, but the title never seems to have been used. Before
April 1922, the non-official titles employed were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry
of Finance’ [or Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From 1 April 1922 by order of
the Executive Council [the Cabinet], its official title became the
‘Ministry of Finance’. The term ´Treasury´ persisted less formally, and
references to ´Finance Department´ also occur in Executive Council minutes.
Official titles of offices were not formally settled until the Ministers
and Secretaries Act 1924, when the title the Department of Finance [or An
Roinn Airgid in Irish] was established. The Department can also trace part of
its provenance to the Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

Premises used as a telephone exchange damaged by
gunfire at William Street when occupied by National troops and attacked by
Irregular forces on 30 June 1922

Title

Mary Supple,Ballyheigue, County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/119

Date

Dec 1922-Feb 1927

Creator

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Administrative
History/Biography

Past responsibilities of
the Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary and economic
policy; taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of the national
accounts and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and expenditure
by government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the management of
the Civil Service including recruitment, staffing, establishment,
promotion, remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation and
arbitration; the preparation and examination of Bills; economic
forecasting, planning and development (from 1959); European Union policy
co-ordination and the European Union budget and funds. It was allocated
responsibility in January and April 1922 for the control of a wide number
of agencies taken over from the previous administration and is currently
directly responsible for overseeing the administration of the Revenue
Commissioners, the Office of Public Works, the Civil Service Commission,
the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the State Laboratory and the
Office of the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner. The initial official
designation of the Department under the Provisional Government (1922) was
´Finance and General´, but the title never seems to have been used. Before
April 1922, the non-official titles employed were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry
of Finance’ [or Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From 1 April 1922 by order of
the Executive Council [the Cabinet], its official title became the
‘Ministry of Finance’. The term ´Treasury´ persisted less formally, and
references to ´Finance Department´ also occur in Executive Council minutes.
Official titles of offices were not formally settled until the Ministers
and Secretaries Act 1924, when the title the Department of Finance [or An
Roinn Airgid in Irish] was established. The Department can also trace part
of its provenance to the Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

One heifer shot dead at Dirtane, Ballyheigue, County
Kerry, by National troops on 23 October 1922; file states that it is
believed the cow was shot by a stray bullet; trees and a wall thrown down
to block the road at Dirtane, Ballyheigue, County Kerry, by Irregular
forces in October and November 1922.

Title

John Ross,
jeweller
, Castle Street, Tralee, County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/122

Date

Jan 1923-Feb 1927

Creator

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Administrative History/Biography

Past responsibilities of
the Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary and economic
policy; taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of the national
accounts and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and expenditure
by government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the management of
the Civil Service including recruitment, staffing, establishment,
promotion, remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation and
arbitration; the preparation and examination of Bills; economic
forecasting, planning and development (from 1959); European Union policy
co-ordination and the European Union budget and funds. It was allocated
responsibility in January and April 1922 for the control of a wide number
of agencies taken over from the previous administration and is currently
directly responsible for overseeing the administration of the Revenue
Commissioners, the Office of Public Works, the Civil Service Commission,
the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the State Laboratory and the
Office of the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner. The initial official
designation of the Department under the Provisional Government (1922) was
´Finance and General´, but the title never seems to have been used. Before
April 1922, the non-official titles employed were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry
of Finance’ [or Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From 1 April 1922 by order of
the Executive Council [the Cabinet], its official title became the
‘Ministry of Finance’. The term ´Treasury´ persisted less formally, and
references to ´Finance Department´ also occur in Executive Council minutes.
Official titles of offices were not formally settled until the Ministers
and Secretaries Act 1924, when the title the Department of Finance [or An
Roinn Airgid in Irish] was established. The Department can also trace part
of its provenance to the Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

Mirror and glass of premises smashed by rifle fire
at Castle Street, Tralee on 2 August 1922; file states this was the day
Free State troops entered Tralee

Title

Hanoria Brosnan, Bridge Street, Tralee, County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/123

Date

Jan 1923-Jan 1927

Creator

Department of FinanceDescription: http://nai.adlibhosting.com/images/plus.gif

Administrative History/Biography

Past responsibilities of the
Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary and economic policy;
taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of the national accounts
and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and expenditure by
government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the management of the
Civil Service including recruitment, staffing, establishment, promotion,
remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation and arbitration; the
preparation and examination of Bills; economic forecasting, planning and
development (from 1959); European Union policy co-ordination and the European
Union budget and funds. It was allocated responsibility in January and April
1922 for the control of a wide number of agencies taken over from the
previous administration and is currently directly responsible for overseeing
the administration of the Revenue Commissioners, the Office of Public Works,
the Civil Service Commission, the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the
State Laboratory and the Office of the Ombudsman and Information
Commissioner. The initial official designation of the Department under the
Provisional Government (1922) was ´Finance and General´, but the title never
seems to have been used. Before April 1922, the non-official titles employed
were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From
1 April 1922 by order of the Executive Council [the Cabinet], its official
title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’. The term ´Treasury´ persisted less
formally, and references to ´Finance Department´ also occur in Executive
Council minutes. Official titles of offices were not formally settled until
the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, when the title the Department of
Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish] was established. The Department can
also trace part of its provenance to the Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

Damage to dwelling house by rifle fire due to the entry of
National troops to the town at Bridge Street, Tralee, on 2 August 1922.

Extent

1 file

Alice O’Donnell, shopkeeper, Tarbert, County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/127

Date

Jan 1923-Jan 1927

Creator

Department of FinanceDescription: http://nai.adlibhosting.com/images/plus.gif

Administrative History/Biography

Past responsibilities of the
Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary and economic policy;
taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of the national accounts
and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and expenditure by
government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the management of the
Civil Service including recruitment, staffing, establishment, promotion,
remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation and arbitration; the
preparation and examination of Bills; economic forecasting, planning and
development (from 1959); European Union policy co-ordination and the European
Union budget and funds. It was allocated responsibility in January and April
1922 for the control of a wide number of agencies taken over from the
previous administration and is currently directly responsible for overseeing
the administration of the Revenue Commissioners, the Office of Public Works,
the Civil Service Commission, the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the
State Laboratory and the Office of the Ombudsman and Information
Commissioner. The initial official designation of the Department under the
Provisional Government (1922) was ´Finance and General´, but the title never
seems to have been used. Before April 1922, the non-official titles employed
were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From
1 April 1922 by order of the Executive Council [the Cabinet], its official
title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’. The term ´Treasury´ persisted less
formally, and references to ´Finance Department´ also occur in Executive
Council minutes. Official titles of offices were not formally settled until
the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, when the title the Department of
Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish] was established. The Department can
also trace part of its provenance to the Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

Damage to premises due to fire, rifle fire and furniture used
as a barricade during occupation by Irregular forces attacking the Free State
barracks opposite the premises at Tarbert on 10 September 1922.

Extent

1 file

Title

Marie McElligot, Mount Rivers,
Listowel, County Kerry. 

Reference

FIN/COMP/2/8/129

Date

Jan 1923-[?1926]

Creator

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Administrative
History/Biography

Past responsibilities
of the Department of Finance have included fiscal, budgetary and economic
policy; taxation (from 1923); the preparation and auditing of the national
accounts and the annual budget, the collection of revenue and expenditure by
government agencies, exchequer accounts and payrolls; the management of the
Civil Service including recruitment, staffing, establishment, promotion,
remuneration and conditions, pensions, conciliation and arbitration; the
preparation and examination of Bills; economic forecasting, planning and
development (from 1959); European Union policy co-ordination and the European
Union budget and funds. It was allocated responsibility in January and April
1922 for the control of a wide number of agencies taken over from the previous
administration and is currently directly responsible for overseeing the
administration of the Revenue Commissioners, the Office of Public Works, the
Civil Service Commission, the Valuation Office, the Ordnance Survey, the
State Laboratory and the Office of the Ombudsman and Information
Commissioner. The initial official designation of the Department under the
Provisional Government (1922) was ´Finance and General´, but the title never
seems to have been used. Before April 1922, the non-official titles employed
were ‘Treasury’ or ‘Ministry of Finance’ [or Aireacht Airgid in Irish]. From
1 April 1922 by order of the Executive Council [the Cabinet], its official
title became the ‘Ministry of Finance’. The term ´Treasury´ persisted less
formally, and references to ´Finance Department´ also occur in Executive
Council minutes. Official titles of offices were not formally settled until
the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, when the title the Department of
Finance [or An Roinn Airgid in Irish] was established. The Department can
also trace part of its provenance to the Dáil Éireann Department of Finance.

Scope and Content

Damage to premises ‘The Listowel
Arms Hotel’ as it was occupied by National forces and attacked by Irregular
forces, food and bedding was subsequently commandeered by Irregular forces at
The Square, Listowel on 30 June 1922

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