Bunclody and The Lartigue Experience, New Maps and Revival 2019

Róisín taking a photograph in the wildflower garden in Ballincollig Regional Park.

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Bunclody, Co Wexford

"Oh, were I at the Moss House where the birds do increase

At the foot of Mount Leinster or some silent place
By the streams of Bunclody where all pleasures do meet
And all I would ask is one kiss from you sweet."

The streams of Bunclody actually flow down the middle of the street. Cliona and I had a lovely trip to this beautiful picturesque village.

They still have working phoneboxes.

Who fears to speak of '98?  They still remember their history in this fair town.
I took the below photos in the lovely church which is at the heart of the town.

The church interior was cool and airy on a very warm Sunday. It is beautifully appointed in the modern style.

The Stations of the Cross

The adoration chapel

Our Lady's Altar

This crucifixion window is rather unusual in it's depiction of the Good Friday

This is the view from the church door

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Today's Fun Fact

from The Second Book of General Ignorance

Vision is by far the most important of the human senses. 30% of our brain's activity is used up processing visual information. Smell, the directional aid used by most mammals, accounts for only 1%. Birds, however, are as visually dependant as we are. But birds have one huge navigational advantage over us. It's called 'magnetoception' i.e. the ability to plug in to the Earth's magnetic field. We may once have had this gift too but we've lost the ability to use it.

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The Lartigue Monorail Museum

Every Listowel person should take a trip on The Lartigue. I loved my trip last week and I learned so much Listowel history.

The whole station was looking in tip top condition with colourful flowers everywhere.

These were three of our volunteer rail workers on the Wednesday we visited.

It was a busy day on the train.

We all got a chance to climb into the driver's section and we got to toot the horn. Our driver, Michael Guerin, offered to take everyone's photo .

There is a saying that has survived from the days when the original Lartigue travelled between Listowel and Ballybunion. When the train reached a bit of a hill, first class passengers were asked to get out and walk and third class passengers were asked to get out and push.  In the case of the replica Lartigue in August 2019 it was the volunteer workers who had to get out and push. And there is quite a bit of pushing involved as there is a complicated system of to-ing and fro-ing at turntables to get the locomotive facing in the other direction.

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New Signage

Kerry County Council has installed these lovely new maps by local artist. Amy Sheehy.

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Revival 2019

The weather was not so kind to Revival on the Saturday night but the concert goers didn't mind a bit. The Coronas, Delerentos, Thanks Brother and Hermitage Green lifted the clouds over The Square and everyone had a ball.

Early Sunday morning in The Square and everything nearly back to normal.

William Street, Sunday morning Aug 11 2019


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Meanwhile in Killorglin

Puck Fair is in full swing.

Photos by Chris Grayson

Knockanure 1960, Puck Fair and post civil war claims for compensation

Jim MacSweeney photographed this scene in Killarney on Aug 10 2014

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 Knockanure communion 1960

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Puck Time again

2014 King Puck is brought in    (photo Eaxminer)

Killorglin during Puck Fair in a National Library photo

More old photos of Puck Fair HERE

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Market Street, Listowel shops, then and now

Metamorphosis from Kerry Krafts to Slimming Island

Blue Note to Risin Sun

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Summer in Ballybunion

This stunning photograph of Ballybunion was taken by Hartney Photographics

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More interesting compensation claims.

Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/219
Date	Jan 1923-Dec 1926
Creator	Department of Finance
	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 ladies bicycle commandeered at Callanafersey by armed Irregular forces on 15 April 1923.
Extent	1 file
Title	Roger Harty, Causeway, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/221
Date	Dec 1922-Dec 1926
Creator	Department of Finance
	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	Police barracks damaged by fire at Causeway by unknown persons on 28 November 1922.
Extent	1 file
Title	Major John McGillycuddy, Flesk Castle, Killarney, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/232
Date	Dec 1922-Dec 1926
Creator	Department of Finance
	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	Mattresses and bedding commandeered from the claimant's seaside residence at Ballingown, County Kerry, by IRA [Irish Republican Army] on 19 August 1921.
Extent	1 file
Title	Maurice Lawlor, farmer, Ballymacquin, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/241
Date	Dec 1922-Feb 1927
Creator	Department of Finance
	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 fences and turnip crops at Ballymacquin by unknown persons between 1 October and 30 November 1922.
Extent	1 file
Title	John Henry Daly, Lixnaw, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/249
Date	Jan 1923-Feb 1927
Creator	Department of Finance
	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	Boxes of butter seized while in transit to Fenit, County Kerry, at Ardfert, County Kerry, by armed men on 5 October 1922; butter seized at Churchill, Tralee, County Kerry, by armed men on 21 October 1922.
Extent	1 file
Title	Maurice P Ryle, Strand Street, Tralee, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/258
Date	Dec 1922-[?1926]
Creator	Department of Finance
	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	Printing works 'The Kerry People' raided and machinery damaged at Barrack Place, Tralee, by Irregular forces on 31 August 1922; file states that government proclamations and propaganda had been printed here.
Extent	1 file
Title	John Mooney, civil engineer, The Square, Tralee, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/260
Date	Dec 1922-Feb 1927
Creator	Department of Finance
	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 hundred Ordnance Survey maps commandeered at Tralee by Irregular forces on 21 July 1922.
Title	Matthew Hannon, merchant, William Street, Listowel, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/266
Date	Jan 1923-Feb 1927
Creator	Department of Finance
	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 damaged at Convent Street, Listowel, when occupied by Irregular forces during an attack on the Free State barracks on 30 June 1922 and subsequently sold at an undervalued price; goods commandeered at Listowel by Irregular forces on 25 July 1922.
Extent	1 file
Title	Arthur V Gentleman and Robert G Gentleman, farmers, Ballyhorgan, Lixnaw, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/285
Date	Jan 1923-Feb 1927
Creator	Department of Finance
	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	Gates taken, fences destroyed and land damaged at Mountcoal, County Kerry, and Ballyhorgan, County Kerry, on various dates in the year 1922; file states that this was done by landless men attempting to seize the land and were taking advantage of the state of the country in 1922
Title	Paul Sweetnam, Kerry land Steward, Feale View, Listowel, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/287
Date	Jan 1923-[?1926]
Creator	Department of Finance
	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	Wholesale looting and destruction of a farm including buildings and machinery at Kilmorna, County Kerry, on various dates in 1922; file states that Kilmorna House, the residence of Madame de Janasz was occupied by her brother Sir Arthur Vicars; he was shot by the IRA [Irish Republican Army] in April 1921 and Kilmorna House burnt to the ground; the steward, George Cunningham eventually had to leave and the farm became subject to wholesale destruction.
Extent	1 file
Title	Cecil Rowland Leslie, Tarbert House, Tarbert, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/288
Date	Jan 1923-Feb 1927
Creator	Department of Finance
	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	Garden produce, milk, a motor car and other goods commandeered at Tarbert by Irregular forces on various dates in the months August and September 1922 while Irregular forces were in occupation of Tarbert.
Extent	1 file
Title	Thomas F Cronin, merchant, William Street, Listowel, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/289
Date	Jan 1923-[?1926]
Creator	Department of Finance
	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	A quantity of tobacco forcibly taken while in transit from Ballylongford, County Kerry, to Listowel at Dereenawack, Ballylongford, County Kerry, by 3 armed men on 11 September 1922.
Title	Elizabeth and Marshall Hill, Hillsboro, Listowel, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/290
Date	Jan 1923-Feb 1927
Creator	Department of Finance
	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 lands, dwelling house and livestock at Hillsboro, Listowel, on various dates in 1922; file states that the claimant was a sub-agent for the earl of Listowel and was accused of using his position to acquire lands thus violent action was used to try and get back these lands by former owners; the claimant, his family and workmen were vigorously boycotted.
Extent	1 file
Title	Matthew J Byrne, Listowel, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/293
Date	Jan 1923-[?1926]
Creator	Department of Finance
	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	Ballylongford Barracks burned down at Ballylongford by Irregular forces on 4 August 1922 in advance of the entry of National troops.
Extent	1 file
Title	John O'Connor, shopkeeper, Tarbert, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/294
Date	Jan 1923-Feb 1927
Creator	Department of Finance
	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, premises and goods within from gunfire at Tarbert due to it being occupied by Irregular forces during an attack on the Free State barracks located opposite on 10 September 1922.
Extent	1 file
Title	Maria Daly, The Courthouse, Listowel, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/297
Date	Jan 1923-Feb 1927
Creator	Department of Finance
	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	Personal and household effects destroyed by fire at The Courthouse, Listowel, started by Irregular forces to stop it falling into Free State hands on 4 August 1922; file states the claimant was caretaker of the courthouse and resided there with her family.
Extent	1 file
Title	Margaret Hannon, William Street, Listowel, County Kerry.
Reference	FIN/COMP/2/8/296
Date	Jan 1923-Mar 1927
Creator	Department of Finance
	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	Dining room premises damaged by bomb explosion during fighting between Irregular forces and National troops at William Street, Listowel, on 22 August 1922; Irregular forces billeted on the premises on various dates from April to August 1922.
Extent	1 file

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