| ID | 7620 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Northern Ireland Ministry of Home Affairs Records |
| Reference | HA/8-9 |
| Description | Northern Ireland Ministry of Home Affairs files, including HA/8 files on legislation affecting women, for example: HA/ 8/1243 A file relating to the introduction of a bill to remove certain legal disabilities of women, 1952-1953. HA/8/1023 A file relating to a proposal for legal aid for British women married to United States service or ex-servicemen in the event of matrimonial court proceedings, 1947-1948. HA/8/1130 Records of grants to the Northern Ireland Marriage Guidance Council, 1948-1958. HA/9/1-2 Files relating to Armagh Prison and Borstal, including papers about staff, applications for posts as wardresses, reports of visiting committee, papers about inmates, lists of prisoners, etc., and papers about the work of the Discharged Prisoners' Aid Societies, 1922-1951. HA/9/2/122 A file relating to the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill-Health) Act, 1913 (i.e. the 'Cat and Mouse Act'): papers relating to discharge of Annie Neill under this act, 1926 and correspondence concluding that it would be bad policy to apply this to hunger-striking internees, 1943. HA/9/2/272 A file concerning proposals for dealing with inebriates in Northern Ireland: includes evidence before Royal Commission on Licensing (Scotland), copies of legislation, circulars, correspondence about question of establishing a home for inebriates in Northern Ireland, 1922-1938; a list of women repeatedly imprisoned in Armagh Gaol for drunkenness, 1933; papers about the 'Red Biddy' Committee to look into question of treatment of female drunkards, 1938. HA/9/2/481 A file about refusal of permission for Miss McGeady and Miss O'Kane to visit political prisoners, 1922. |
| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1922-1958 |
| Century | 20th |
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| Note | A specific reference number precedes a description of the document. This is needed to call up each document. |
| Repository Name | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland |
| Address | 2 Titanic Boulevard Titanic Quarter Belfast |
| UK Postal Code | BT3 9HQ |
| Telephone | +44 28-9053-4800 |
| Email Address | proni@communities-ni.gov.uk |
| Repository Web Address | https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/campaigns/public-record-office-n... |
| Comment | Some of the information listed from this repository has been extracted from lists available in the archives. The lists were compiled by Public Record Office of Northern Ireland staff and we are grateful for their assistance. It must be remembered that due to time constraints not all items in this repository were examined individually. |
| latitude | 54.60430 |
| longitude | -5.91036 |