Patrick Carey (1853-1934) was the Union Clerk for the Killarney Poor Law Board of Guardians. 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. William Martin was a local merchant and Justice of the Peace. Two of Martin's sons served in the Great War. Lieutenant Pierce Franklin Martin (1899-1917) died after injuries caused by a gas attack in the trenches in 1916. Another son, Rev. William Martin (1876-1928), served as a military chaplain in Mesopotamia.