DUBLIN CITY ARCHIVES IE DCLA UDC/1 ARCHIVES OF THE RATHMINES AND RATHGAR TOWNSHIP (1847-1930) Descriptive List by Dr. Mary Clark, Dublin City Archivist 1982 Dublin City Library and Archive 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 00 353-1-674 4996/4997 Email: [email protected] 1 Table of Contents: Introduction……………………………………………………………… 2 Minute Books…………………………………………………………….. 3 List 1: Legal Documents…………………………………………………. 4 List 2: Contracts………………………………………………………….. 33 List 3: Title Deeds to Rathmines Public Library………………………. 56 List 4: Various old and discharged contracts and bonds……………… 62 List 5: Street Widening and Housing of the Working Classes………… 65 List 6: Contracts and Bonds: Public Works…………………………… 68 List 7: Cases for Opinion of Counsel: mainly UDC………………….. 81 List 8: Cases for Opinion of Counsel: Improvement Commissioners 88 List 9: Housing Schemes: Church Place, Kimmage and Milltown…… 93 List 10: Gulistan: Halahan and Dowse Lease………………………… 99 List 11: General documents, including waterworks………………….. 111 List 12: Legal documents ……………………………………………… 115 List 13: Documents and deeds relating to waterworks……………… 121 List 14: Housing Surveys……………………………………………… 130 List 15: Rathmines and Rathgar with Dublin United Tramways……. 135 List 16 Rathmines and Pembroke Main Drainage Board: legal cases… 136 Correspondence:………………………………………………………. 139 Appendix I: Roads adopted under seal by Rathmines and Rathgar 150 Index: …………………………………………………………………… 154 ARCHIVES OF RATHMINES AND RATHGAR TOWNSHIP 1847-1930 Introduction The Rathmines Township was created in 1847 by Act of Parliament (10 & 11 Vict., c. 253). Under the Rathmines and Rathgar Improvement Act, 1862, the townlands of Rathgar and Sallymount (the latter comprising present-day Ranelagh) were added to the re-named Rathmines and Rathgar Township, which was further extended in 1866 to include townlands in Uppercross. Milltown was added to the township under the Milltown Extension Act, 1880. Originally the township was governed by Commissioners, but under the Local Government (Ireland) Act of 1898 (61 & 62 Vict., c. 37), the Rathmines and Rathgar Urban District Council was established as the elected governing body. The Rathmines Township was created as a sanitary area, but new functions were added with each of the above acts, so that its duties came to include responsibility for public lighting and water supply as well as drainage, which was provided jointly with the Pembroke Township. After 1898, the Urban District Council built a number of small housing schemes, under legislation for housing of the working classes. The Urban District Council met in the magnificent Town Hall on Rathmines Road, which was designed by Sir Thomas Drew and was used for the first meeting of the UDC in January 1899. The interior fittings were by Carlo Cambi of Siena, who was also responsible for who was also responsible for doors and panelling in the National Library and National Museum of Ireland. The famous Town Hall clock was made in 1897 by Chancellor and Son, of Bachelor’s Walk and Sackville Street (modern O’Connell Street) at a cost of £130. The clock chimes were also made in 1897, by Matthew Byrne of James’s Street at a cost of £264. Under the Local Government (Dublin) Act of 1930, the district of Rathmines and Rathgar became part of the City of Dublin, under the administration of Dublin Corporation. The Urban District Council held its last meeting in the Town Hall in 1930 and today the building is the Rathmines Senior College, a constituent college of the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee. 2 RATHMINES AND RATHGAR TOWNSHIP/URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL A) Minutes of Rathmines Township Commissioners UDC/1/Min 1/1 : 1847 - 1853 UDC/1/Min 1/2 : 1853 - 1861 B) Minutes of Rathmines and Rathgar Township Commissioners Note: Commissioners for Rathmines and Rathgar were appointed under the Rathmines and Rathgar Improvement Act, 1862. UDC/1/Min 1/3 : 1861 - 1868 UDC/1/Min 1/4 : 1868 - 1877 UDC/1/Min 1/5 : 1877 - 1886 UDC/1/Min 1/6 : 1886 - 1893 C) Minutes of Rathmines and Rathgar Urban District Council Note: The Rathmines and Rathgar Urban District Council was established under the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898. UDC/1/Min 1/7 : 1893 - 1902 UDC/1/Min 1/7a : 1902 - 1916 UDC/1/Min 1/8 : 1916 - 1917 UDC/1/Min 1/9 : 1917 - 1927 UDC/1/Min 1/10 : 1927 - 1930 3 RATHMINES AND RATHGAR TOWNSHIP/URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL : LIST 1 Legal Documents Doc. No Description UDC/1/1/1 ASSIGNMENT of plot of ground in Richmond Avenue by William I. Airey, Richmond Cottage, Milltown, to Rathmines and Rathgar U.D.C. Includes MAP. 16 Oct 1899 Parchment 4 pp ___________________________________________________________________ UDC/1/1/2 CONVEYANCE of premises on Richmond Avenue from Francis J. Askin, 60 Upper Sackville Street, Dublin (first part) and Henry J. Dolan, The Bath and County Club, Bath, Somerset (second part) to Rathmines and Rathgar U.D.C. Includes MAP and CERTIFICATE OF TAXATION 1899 - 1990 3 docs _____________________________________________________________________ UDC/1/1/3 CONVEYANCE of lands at Rathmines from The Commercial Union Assurance Company and others to the Rathmines and Rathgar U.D.C for the construction of artisan dwellings. Includes CERTIFICATION OF TAXATION. 21 Dec 1900 1 doc _____________________________________________________________________ UDC/1/1/4 RECEIPT by the Earl of Howth for payment from Rathmines and Rathgar U.D.C for purchase of his interest in lands of Hollyfields, for the construction of artisan dwellings. 20 Oct 1900 1 doc _____________________________________________________________________ 4 RATHMINES AND RATHGAR TOWNSHIP/URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL : LIST 1 Legal Documents Doc. No Description UDC/1/1/5 POWER OF ATTORNEY appointing Seacombe Mason as agent to Rathmines and Rathgar U.D.C. 4 Aug 1915 4 pp _____________________________________________________________________ UDC/1/1/6 AGREEMENT entered into by James C. Anderson, 23 Oakley Road, Ranelagh, for hire of Old Public Library, 67 Rathmines Road, to be used as a committee room by candidates in 1913 local elections. 29 Dec 1913 1 p _____________________________________________________________________ UDC/1/1/7 CONVEYANCE of parcel of land at Oakley Road, Ranelagh, from Mary Barden, 50 Oakley Road, to Rathmines and Rathgar U.D.C. Includes MAP and CERTIFICATES OF TAXATION. 5 Dec 1899 2 docs _____________________________________________________________________ UDC/1/1/8 Counterpart AGREEMENT between Dr. P.J. Barry, 50 Merrion Square, Dublin and the Rathmines and Rathgar U.D.C. Dr. Barry is in the process of laying out new roads on lands belonging to him at Kimmage and requests provision of water supply by the U.D.C for the use of himself and his tenants. Agreed on condition that Dr. Barry pay all costs; with other specified conditions. Includes MAP of proposed water mains, produced by Engineer’s Office, Rathmines Town Hall: scale not given. 7 Nov 1901 2 docs _____________________________________________________________________ 5 RATHMINES AND RATHGAR TOWNSHIP/URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL : LIST 1 Legal Documents Doc. No Description UDC/1/1/9 AGREEMENT between Rathmines and Rathgar U.D.C (first part); Edwin Bradbury, architect (second part); and William Robert Stephens, U.D.C engineer and surveyor (third part): concerning the acquisition by the U.D.C of virgin sites at Kimmage Road, Harold’s Cross and Milltown for the construction of artisan dwellings. Edwin Bradbury has been appointed to prepare the necessary plans and drawings. This agreement outlines the duties to be carried out by him. 4 May 1920 1 doc _____________________________________________________________________ UDC/1/1/10 CONVEYANCE of premises at 19 Mountpleasant Place and 2 Oxford Road, Ranelagh, from Patrick Byrne, dairyman, to the Rathmines and Rathgar U.D.C. Includes CERTIFICATE OF TAXATION Oct - Dec 1900 2 docs _____________________________________________________________________ UDC/1/1/11 PROPOSAL from Rathmines and Rathgar U.D.C to Orlando Beater, Glenarm, Terenure Road, Rathgar: the U.D.C intends to take a lease of a stable and premises at the rear of 20 Rathmines Road, to be used as part of the new School of Commerce for Technical Instruction. 6 Nov 1902 1 doc _____________________________________________________________________ UDC/1/1/12 CONVEYANCE of premises at 67 Rathmines Road (formerly part of Cullen’s Farm) by Henry Byrne, Merchant, to Rathmines and Rathgar U.D.C. 18 Jan 1902 1 doc _____________________________________________________________________ 6 RATHMINES AND RATHGAR TOWNSHIP/URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL : LIST 1 Legal Documents Doc. No Description UDC/1/1/13 LEASE of 24 Rathmines Road from Rev. Charles William Benson, Montpelier Hill, Co Dublin to Rathmines and Rathgar U.D.C. 18 Jan 1902 1 doc _____________________________________________________________________ UDC/1/1/14 LETTER from Gerald Begg, “Fortostman”, Dolphin’s Barn, Dublin to Rathmines and Rathgar U.D.C offering lease of ground in Newpark for three years. 19 Mar 1906 1 doc _____________________________________________________________________ UDC/1/1/15 LETTER from W.G. Bailey, 28 Reuben Avenue, S.C.R. Dublin, to G.F. Pilditch, electrical engineer, concerning supply of electricity to houses on the Sandford estate, Ranelagh. 20 Jan 1906 1 doc _____________________________________________________________________ UDC/1/1/16 LETTER from P.J. Barry, Ashfield Park House, Terenure (to Rathmines and Rathgar U.D.C) offering to remove clinkers and refuse at 6d per ton. 24 Feb 1906 1 doc _____________________________________________________________________