Galway County Council, County Secretary’s Office / Piers & Harbours

Repository: Galway County Council Archives

Title	Galway County Council, County Secretary's Office / Piers & Harbours
Archive Reference	IE GC/CSO/2
Web Link to this Entry	https://iar.ie/archive/galway-county-council-county-secretarys-fice-piers-harbours
Creation Dates	1907-1992
Extent Medium	4 boxes

Administrative History ↴

The defunct British imperial parliament by an Order in the Council dated 30th January 1899 transferred a number of piers to Galway County Council. (see for instance The Vastons Local Government book no.1) Therefore piers and slipways are assumed to be the property of GCC until the contary is shown. Galway County Council does not provide facilities such as piers for fisheries. But may take over & maintain piers where they are constructed to a satisfactory standard by the Office of Public Works & Roinn na Gaeltachta. The County Sectary's office (General Purpose) looked after this series initially. It is currently administered by Roads / Engineering section.
Archival History ↴

The County Sectary's office (General Purpose) looked after this series initially. It is currently administered by Roads / Engineering section.
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴

Official Transfer

Scope & Content: Galway County Council, County Secretary's Office ↴

Series of files on the maintenance and repairs of piers & harbours in the county. In particular contains correspondence between the County Secretary & County Engineer, and the Office of Public Works relating to repair, maintenance and lighting of piers.
Appraisal Destruction ↴

Permanent Retention
Arrangement ↴

Arranged as near as possible in the original order, in accordance with the number on each file cover.

Access Conditions	Available by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives.
Conditions Governing Reproduction	No material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access.
Creation Dates	1907-1992
Extent Medium	4 boxes
Material Language Script	English

There are no Allied Materials

Archivist Note	Patria McWalter
Rules/Conventions	ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000.
Date of Descriptions	2010