As I continue to review the Valuation Office House Books for the town of Dunmanway, my knowledge of the ‘past lives’ of a variety of structures ranging from the domestic to the business, educational, and religious is extended and enriched by looking back through these records. Indeed, the faintest inscription found within these manuscripts can potentially … Continue reading The Dunmanway Indian Meal Ladies’ Committee and the Famine Soup Kitchen as referenced in the Valuation Office House Books for the town of Dunmanway, 1848 and 1851