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CSO/RP/1824/461

Letter from Robert Taggart, Londonderry, County Londonderry, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, outlining case in support of Anne McNeill, widow of Charles McNeill, excise officer, who faces withdrawal of her pension by the commissioners of excise. Relays concerns of McNeill over future needs and observes the excise ‘charity fund’ was about three years ago ‘robbed of £12000 by the Treasurer who fled to America’, leaving the fund depleted and causing a reduction in pension allowances paid to claimants.

16 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/462

Petition of John McElligott, Kilrush, County Clare, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the revenue police of County Clare. Emphasises his intention, if employed, ‘to put a final stop to the prevailing illicit Distillation’ and warns for his loyalty to government ‘he is universally hated, and stands in momentary danger of his life’; also refers to a former memorial seeking a situation of employment in the police submitted ‘by mistake’.

4 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/463

Petition of George Ware, Kilrush, County Clare, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the police establishment of Ireland. Refers to an earlier unsuccessful application for a post in the police and a failed application to the magistrates of County Clare; also remarks he ‘stands in the most imminent danger of his life’ because of his loyalty to government.

4 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/464

Letter from John Reilly, builder, Caher [Cahir], County Tipperary, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, offering use of a new dwelling in the town of Caher as a police barracks at the annual rent of £16 per year. He provides a full description of the building in question, which, he claims, is well appointed and centrally located, is three storeys in extent and includes stables; it is held under title from Lord Glengall [Richard Butler]. With miniature plan of same sketched in central portion of document.

24 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/465

Petition of Mary Kelly, prisoner, Galway Gaol, County Galway, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of being detained in prison over rental arrears and seeking release; alleges her landlord acted to gain possession of her property and protests at the distrain of her possessions. Also memorial overleaf from Catherine Greany, prisoner, Galway Gaol, to Wellesley, seeking liberation from jail where she is held over a rent debt.

29 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/466

Petition of Patrick Corcoran, Irishtown, Clonmel, County Tipperary, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to situation in the police establishment in the town of Clonmel. Refers to an earlier failed application for a post in the police to the local magistrates, whom, he alleges, ‘do not Consider for men that served in His majesty’s service in Defense of King & Country in the late War, But men that have Been of no use’.

29 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/467

Petition of Margaret Atkins, widow, Newcastle, County Limerick, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting advance of financial aid following withdrawal of her pension by the commissioners of excise. Claims to be wife of the late William Atkins, revenue officer, whose early death from sickness was chiefly due to exertions in the ‘Suppression of illicit distillation’ and other illegal activity. Appeals for aid on behalf of her ‘helpless & unprotected family’ and complains over a reduction of her pension from Stg£20 per year to Stg£10 per year on account of a change in the regulations.

13 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/468

Letter from William D Bolton, 5 Nelson Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing printed circular signed ‘A Gas Stock-Holder’ produced ‘to support the cause of the present Gas Companies, as it is too much to be apprehended that an English Company is in treaty for the Public Lighting’. The circular, he remarks ‘was widely circulated thro the City this morning’.

3 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/469

Letter from John Sullivan, Ballyhearny, Valentia, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, protesting at the conduct and behaviour of parish priest, Thomas Megan, and seeking relief. Alleges he has been subject to persecution and abuse at the hands of Megan and his ‘villainous parishioners’ since his conversion to the religion of the Established Church over a year ago; he claims to have been subject to ‘many insults & beatings’ and has been unable to get redress despite making complaint to the Knight of Kerry [Maurice Fitzgerald]. Also letter from Sullivan to Wellesley, reiterating his plea for assistance and repeating his complaint against Megan whom he accuses of assault with both ‘cudgel and fist’; discusses the extent of local opposition instigated by the priest in response to his adherence to the ‘Diabolical religion that was taught in the Established Church’.

10 Jul 1824-25 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/470

Letter from Lord Headley [Charles Allanson-Winn, 2nd Baron Headley], Rossbegh [Rossbehy], County Kerry, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial from the noblemen and gentlemen of County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking the attention of Richard Griffiths, engineer, to proposals for the construction of an additional four miles of mail coach line towards Cork, being a continuation of the road presently in progress from Newcastle, County Limerick, to Castleisland in County Kerry; signed by lords Headley and Kenmare [Thomas Browne].

29 Jul 1824

1824