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The Poor
Law Unions of Ireland.
The collaboration of Hugh
Casement is gratefully acknowledged in the
preparation of this schedule of the Poor law Unions.
In 1838
Ireland was divided into unions of parishes for
administering the system of providing relief for the
destitute. A workhouse and a fever hospital were built at
each centre. The intention was that each centre would
serve an area up to about 10 miles distant; therefore it
was not always the largest towns that were chosen. The
scheme was financed by levying rates on property, based on
the tithe valuation. Guardians were appointed to the
workhouses, usually local squires and magistrates.
Some
records of the poor-law unions have survived, for example
for the 28 unions that are now in Northern Ireland (held
in the Public Record Office in Belfast). Sir Richard
Griffith's valuation 1858-64 was based on the subdivisions
county : union : parish : townland. This list gives the
164 unions shown on a map; the name of the county has been
added where it differs from the name of the place. Be
aware that the parishes making up the union often lay in
neighbouring counties. The modern names have been used for
Queen's Co. = Laois and King's Co. = Offaly. The spelling
Derry has been used since it is shorter than Londonderry.
It is hoped to extend this list one day to include the
parishes in each union -- several thousand in all.
Abbeyleix (Laois)
pronounced -leash
Antrim
Ardee (Louth)
Armagh
Athlone (Westmeath)
Athy (Kildare)
Bailieborough (Cavan)
Ballina (Mayo)
Ballinasloe (Galway)
Ballinrobe (Mayo)
Ballycastle (Antrim)
Ballymahon (Longford)
Ballymena (Antrim)
Ballymoney (Antrim)
Ballyshannon (Donegal)
Ballyvaghan (Clare) old
spelling Ballyvaughan
Balrothery (Dublin)
Baltinglass (Wicklow)
Banbridge (Down)
Bandon (Cork)
Bantry (Cork)
Bawnboy (Cavan)
Belfast (Antrim & Down)
Belmullet (Mayo)
Birr (Offaly) formerly
called Parsonstown
Borrisokane (Tipperary)
Boyle (Roscommon)
Cahersiveen (Kerry)
Callan (Kilkenny)
Carlow
Carrick on Shannon
(Leitrim)
Carrick on Suir (Tipperary)
Carrickmacross (Monaghan)
Cashel (Tipperary)
Castlebar (Mayo)
Castleblayney (Monaghan)
Castlecomer (Kilkenny)
Castlederg (Tyrone)
Castlerea (Roscommon)
Castletown (Cork)
Cavan
Celbridge (Kildare)
Claremorris (Mayo)
Clifden (Galway)
Clogheen (Tipperary)
Clogher (Tyrone)
Clonakilty (Cork)
Clones (Monaghan)
pronounced clon-esh
Clonmel (Tipperary)
Coleraine (Derry)
Cookstown (Tyrone)
Cootehill (Cavan)
Cork
Corrofin (Clare)
Croom (Limerick)
Delvin (Westmeath)
Dingle (Kerry)
Donaghmore (Laois)
Donegal
Downpatrick (Down)
Drogheda (Louth)
Dromore West (Sligo)
Dublin North
Dublin South
Dundalk (Louth)
Dunfanaghy (Donegal)
Dungannon (Tyrone)
Dungarvan (Waterford)
Dunmanway (Cork)
Dunshaughlin (Meath)
Edenderry (Offaly)
Ennis (Clare)
Enniscorthy (Wexford)
Enniskillen (Fermanagh)
Ennistimon (Clare) old
spelling Ennistymon
Fermoy (Cork)
Galway
Glennamaddy (Galway)
Glenties (Donegal)
Glin (Limerick)
Gorey (Wexford)
Gort (Galway)
Gortin (Tyrone)
incorporated into Omagh ca 1870
Granard (Longford)
Inishowen (Donegal)
Irvinestown (Fermanagh)
formerly called Lowtherstown
Kanturk (Cork)
Kells [Ceanannus Mor]
(Meath)
Kenmare (Kerry)
Kilkeel (Down)
Kilkenny
Killadysert (Clare)
Killala (Mayo)
Killarney (Kerry)
Kilmacthomas (Waterford)
Kilmallock (Limerick)
Kilrush (Clare)
Kinsale (Cork)
Larne (Antrim)
Letterkenny (Donegal)
Limavady (Derry) also known
as Newtownlimavady
Limerick
Lisburn (Antrim)
Lismore (Waterford)
Lisnaskea (Fermanagh)
Listowel (Kerry)
Londonderry also known as
Derry
Longford
Loughrea (Galway)
pronounced -ri
Lowtherstown: see
Irvinestown
Lurgan (Armagh)
Macroom (Cork)
Magherafelt (Derry)
Mallow (Cork)
Manorhamilton (Leitrim)
Midleton (Cork)
Milford (Donegal)
Millstreet (Cork)
Mitchelstown (Cork)
Mohill (Leitrim)
Monaghan
Mount Bellew (Galway)
Mountmellick (Laois)
Mullingar (Westmeath)
Naas (Kildare)
Navan (Meath)
Nenagh (Tipperary)
Newcastle (Limerick) also
known as Newcastle West
Newport (Sligo)
New Ross (Wexford)
Newry (Down)
Newtownards (Down)
Oldcastle (Meath)
Omagh (Tyrone)
Oughterard (Galway)
Parsonstown: see Birr
Portumna (Galway)
Rathdown (Dublin)
Rathdrum (Wicklow)
Rathkeale (Limerick)
Roscommon
Roscrea (Tipperary)
Scarriff (Clare)
Shannon (Clare)
Shillelagh (Wicklow)
Skibbereen (Cork)
Skull (Cork)
Sligo
Strabane (Tyrone)
Stranorlar (Donegal)
Strokestown (Roscommon)
Swinford (Mayo)
Thomastown (Kilkenny)
Thurles (Tipperary) two
syllables
Tipperary
Tobercurry (Sligo)
Tralee (Kerry)
Trim (Meath)
Tuam (Galway)
Tulla (Clare)
Tullamore (Offaly)
Urlingford (Kilkenny)
Waterford
Westport (Mayo)
Wexford
Youghal (Cork) |
