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354 17th No Novr. 1916 Dear Sir, With refernce to your application for a
certificate of our Birth, the Registration Act only
came into operation in January 1864, and if you were
born before then the Books in my custody would not
contain any entry of your Birth. Can you supply
any further particulars to enable me to trace
your name in the records? Yours faithfully,
Supt. Registrar, Mr John Connor,
Curra
Glenbeigh,
Poor law unions and their workhouses were established by the Poor Law (Ireland) Act,
1838, as a response to widespread poverty, and were each governed by a Board of Guardians.
This letter comes from the Killarney Poor Law Board of Guardians Minute Book from
the collections of the Kerry Local History & Archives section, based at Kerry Library
Headquarters, Tralee (BG104/B/4).