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Letter from Patrick Carey to David M. Moriarty regarding Mr Cronin's bond. 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. David Moriarty (1869-1925) was a solicitor in County Kerry. IN December 1916 he was appointed as the Clerk of the Crown and Peace for the County of Kerry.
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