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CSO/RP/1822/241

Letter from John Bastable Jr, Kanturk, County Cork, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting advance of loan out of parliamentary fund to undertake repair work on road and for erection of bridge in barony of Duhallow, County Cork, as presented at the Summer Assizes; refers to impoverished state of the lower orders.

1 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/242

Letter from Major Henry Harding, Derawlin, Charleville, County Cork, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, making application for loan of £150 to support employment at his culm colliery near Kanturk, in the barony of Duhallow, County Cork: refers to plight of lower orders and also mentions the ‘Poor distress’d and famished parishioners of Castletown and Kilmeedy in the county of Limerick’ where he acts as senior magistrate and where his family live; includes certificate from William Purcell, urging advance of loan to Harding and confirming importance of culm mines to local economy and to the livelihood of between ‘130 to 160 men each week’; also includes certificate from J Minton, warning of the consequences of Harding’s mines being forced to close.

28 May 1822-31 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/243

Letter from A Batwell, Kildorrery, County Cork, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, making application for advance of portion of fund voted by Parliament for public works projects in order to facilitate erection of a bridewell for town of Kildorrery: urges that such an initiative ‘would employ many tradesmen and labourers of the place who are much in want of employment and the expense would be inconsiderable and be a public advantage in both a civil and military point of view’.

31 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/244

Letter from Colonel Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, County Cork, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, making application for advance of £300 from fund voted by Parliament for public works projects in order to facilitate erection of a market house in town of Macroom ‘which would be of the greatest possible utility to the inhabitants and public at large’: or equally would accept financial support for construction of a barracks for which he will provide ground rent free; also refers to widespread unemployment amongst tradesmen and labourers and mentions the memorial of James Barry ‘at present in a state of want’.

27 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/245

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Sorell, military secretary, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, County Dublin, to Edward Connor, enclosing letter from Major General Sir John Lambert, Cork, County Cork, proposing carrying out alterations to the steep road from the new bridge to the new barracks in Cork under auspices of a public works scheme, as such an initiative would ‘be less prejudicial to the health of the soldier’: Lambert encloses letter from Dr J Pitcairn, inspector of troops, Cork, outlining health issues arising from soldiers making use of the present sharp pass; also encloses letter in support of scheme signed by NM Cummins, William Porter, Joshua Harman and John Angier, appealing for government ‘aid of One Hundred and fifty Guineas from the national Fund for Employment of the poor’.

29 May 1822-5 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/246

Letter from Jemmet Browne, [High Sheriff, County Cork], Longs Hotel, Bond Street, London, England, to Alexander Mangin, clerk, Civil Department, Dublin Castle, relative to issue of construction of a new road from Cork to Mitchelstown, via Ballyhooly, County Cork; also includes letter from Browne to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing written reflections on the proposed new road and observing that ‘should the road be made and a Toll not placed on it, the expense to both County & City in keeping it in repair would be tremendously oppressive’; includes letter from Browne to Gregory, outlining opposition to proposed road; also includes letter from Sir Charles William Flint, secretary, Irish Office, London, England, to Gregory, indicating that no decision can be made on the new road until a submission detailing ‘all the objections’ has been received from Browne.

1 Jun 1822-15 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/247

Letter from Charles Connell, Clover Hill, near Cork, County Cork, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, making application for advance of £100 in support of continuation of work on an embankment at Douglass [Douglas] channel, a measure intended to prevent incursion of high tides and to help sustain employment among the needy lower orders; encloses letter from Wilson Newson, Cork, to Connell, indicating that a sum of £10 for the poor of the district has been granted for repair of a section of road in vicinity of Douglass bridge.

3 Jun 1822-6 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/248

Letter from WS Currey, agent to Duke of Devonshire, Lismore Castle, County Waterford, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, making application for grant to cover half of cost of work to improve the road from Cork to Bandon; mentions that the plan and estimate for proposed scheme has been produced by Mr T Kearney, ‘a most competent road-engineer’.

6 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/249

Letter from Sir Nicholas Colthurst, London, England, MP for Cork city, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, making application for advance of funds, of which £1,000 is needed, for completion of road from Macroom, County Cork, to Kenmare, County Kerry; refers to local distress and want of employment.

1 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/250

Letter from RO Townsend, Ardtully, Kenmare, County Kerry, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, concerning opening of new roads from Kenmare, County Kerry, to Inchigeelagh, and Bantry in County Cork; claims that such work would facilitate access to disaffected regions and lessen poverty resulting from unemployment.

5 Jun 1822

1822