Waterford Standard 6 December 1882
Dungarvan Town Commissioners
A report was read from Dr. Holland stating that a man
named Ryan, residing in Lord George’s Lane, kept a pig and mule in his kitchen. An order was made to have the man summoned
should he fail to remove them on being served with the usual notice. Mr. John Curran said that all the houses in
this street were the property of the Marquis of Waterford, who had been
frequently served with notice to put them in a proper state of repair, but he
had failed to do so; for the sun, moon and stars could be seen through the
roofs of some of them, and all of them lacked sanitary arrangements. He would, therefore, ask the board to protect
the lives of the people by compelling the Marquis to provide proper accommodation
for those houses. He (Mr. Curran) had no
compassion or pity for a rich landlord who gets his rent to the last farthing,
and who will do nothing for his tenants.