Archival Descriptions

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Holding Institution: Cartlann Naisiunta na hEireann
  1. Department of Justice: Central Registry files

    The JUS/3 series follows on from the Department of Justice Central Registry ‘H’ file series which ends in 1934. Most of the JUS/3 files are from 1934 onwards, although some will predate this, with the earliest dating to 1877. The series consists of [58] sub-series covering all aspects of the work of the Department of Justice, including Garda administration, censorship, administration of courts, prisons and reformatory schools, regulation of transport, licensing and public entertainment, and the imposition of Emergency Powers Orders during the 1939-1945 period.

  2. Department of the Taoiseach: Central Registry files

    Commencing in 1922, the Central Registry files of the Department of the Taoiseach and of its predecessor, the Department of the President of the Executive Council, were originally numbered in a straight numerical sequence and bear the alphabetical prefix S, the first file bearing the reference S1. The series is still accruing and the Department makes annual transfers of files or file parts containing papers that become thirty years old on 31 December of each year. The content of the files is varied, containing primarily background papers, including memoranda and correspondence, relating to ...