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79 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 548. Pollution in the River Barrow Co. Carlow: Ebenzer Shackleton of Shackleton’s Mills vs Irish Sugar Company of the Club House, Carlow. .Large file relating to High Court action in 1927 dealing with water flow and pollution in the River Barrow. Containing transcripts of numerous letters to and from Alexander’s Electric Works and letters exchanged between Shackleton and Irish Sugar. Transcripts of Lease 1830 Humphery Mitchell to John Haughton. Fee Farm Grant 1863 Barrow Navigation Company to H. Mitchell. Indenture 1866 James Haughton to Eleanor and Patrick Shackleton. Indenture 1871 Haughton to Shackleton. Booklet report of Water Pollution Research 1927. Process Flow Chart of Sugar Factory. Reports from Shropshire Beet Sugar Company - Dr Fagan - Prof. Bayley Butler- Pierce Purcell and Counsel’s Opinion. Statements from Michael Webster / William Hickson / Colonel Gibbon, Benjamin Slocock, Major Mascart etc. Housed in a box file, as m/ss., as a lot., w.a.f. (1) €250 - €320 549. Licence to Bear Arms Co. Carlow : 1844 - Licence to keep Arms, 40 Applications with name and address of applicant in county Carlow, specifying where Arms are kept with description of Arms, such as - Yeomanry Gun from Mount Leinster Corps - Sword - Blunderbuss - Bayonet - Pocket Pistol - Air Cane - Carbine - Double Barrel guns etc. Housed in Folder, as m/ss., as a lot, w.a.f. (1) €180 - €220 551 – See pages 80, 81 & 82 Co. Carlow: A large File of material relating to the Irish Beet Crisis of 1931. During the 1920s the government of the newly-formed Irish Free State was determined to establish native industries in order to make the country less dependent economically on Great Britain. One of these was the promotion of sugar beet and a factory was established at Carlow. However, the Irish Sugar Manufacturing Company (ISMC)was unable to pay what the farmers considered to be an adequate price for their product, and in 1931 violence erupted between the Company and the Beet Growers Association, whose members began an embargo on selling beet to the Carlow factory. Farmers who broke the embargo were subjected to threats, intimidation and vandalism. The bitterness of the conflict is shown in these documents, which include: * A long list of contracts between farmers and the ISMC was cancelled owing to intimidation by the Beet Growers Association * Photographs of threatening graffiti on walls with slogans such as “Don’t deal with scab farmers. If you do ?. “ Up the Beet Growers Association. Down with scabs” etc. Lists of thousands of names, addresses in 1930 of Beet Growers in Wexford, Carlow, Wicklow, Waterford, Kildare, Laois, Offaly, Tipperary, Kilkenny recording Tonnage and Value. Several hundred copies of letters from beet growers outlining why they won’t sign contracts to grow beet, some expressing fear of being shot if they do. 1927 Agreement between Irish Sugar and Beet Growers. Report from Beet Growers AGM 1931. A prospectus issuing Shares in Irish Sugar with application form. Statement of Accounts 1931. Newspaper extracts. Dail Eireann debates on the issue. The original infamous Contract 1930-1931. As an Archive, w.a.f. (1) €400 - €600 550. The Irish Beet Crisis of 1931 Archive