What Did Waterford County Council Ever Do For Us?

Have you ever asked yourself what the Council does? Would you like to find out just what Waterford County Council did in your local area - when, and how much it cost at the time?

Staff Salaries, 1901 

Waterford County Archive can answer these questions and more with the release of a collection of the records of the early years of Waterford County Council titled Waterford County Council - General Administration (WCC/GNA/).

These records reflect the early form of the Council where all functions were controlled from the County Secretary's Office. In later years, the services of the Council expanded and sections were developed to handle the growing services of the Council. These records provide details of the move from the Grand Jury system of local government and trace the early developments of the Council and its services.

The information in these records is wide ranging and covers numerous aspects not only of the work of Waterford County Council but also of the history of Waterford County. Some examples from the collection are:

• WCC/GNA/26 A file containing the nomination papers and results sheets for the 1945 elections. 30th May 1945-16th June 1945
• WCC/GNA/92  A resolution from the Women's Franchise League protesting against "Regulation 40d D.O.R.A. introducing the compulsory medical examination of women which they feel is an attempt to "?.make vice safe for men?and is?an outrage against the liberty, honour and integrity of every woman and as a deliberate attempt to perpetuate the evil double moral standard?." (16th August 1918)
• WCC/GNA/131  A file containing correspondence with the Local Government Department of the newly established Dil Eireann including a letter from L.T. Mac Cosgair, Minister for Local Government stating "You may take it that Local Authorities have no further use for the L. G. B. (English)"(21st August 1920).
• WCC/GNA/201 A file containing documents on the provision of water supplies to Waterford County by Waterford County Council and its predecessors. 7th September 1863 - 1st November 1965

If you would like to take a look at these or some of the other compelling records in the collection
contact the County Archivist.