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CSO/RP/1822/41

Letter from Abraham Baker, 4 Temple Street, off Parkgate Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting advance of monetary aid to relieve himself and family of six from want; claims that ‘all means of support I had is Exhausted, and had no Situation and could get no Employment’.

9 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/42

Letter from Georgina Blake, 5 Gardiners Row, Dublin, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, seeking financial support for the Royal Quarry, Merlin Park, County Galway; refers to famine in counties Galway and Mayo and to the vital role played by the marble quarry in providing employment for the poor; includes opinion of John Sealy Townsend, legal advisor, asserting that available funding cannot be applied to the concern mentioned; also included letter from Michael George Pendergast, MP, Cleveland Row, London, England, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing letter from Blake outlining claim and stressing that support for quarry is essential for general relief of working families in neighbourhood.

28 May 1822-13 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/43

Petition of John Banter, 18 Butcher’s Gate, Londonderry, County Londonderry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, conveying concerns and observations on the application of laws pertaining to the linen and muslin trade.

13 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/44

Letter from Valentine Blake, Menlough [Menlo] Castle, Galway, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking government support for work that involves removal of a bar or obstruction from the River Menlough [Corrib], which has been approved by Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer, and ‘will give employment to upwards of 300 persons every day during the next 3 weeks’; includes letter from Blake, drawing attention to local need for hospital and dispensary to accommodate those suffering from fever and to proposed works to improve the navigation of the River Corrib; also includes letter from Walter Joyce, foreman, Grand Jury, Galway, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, making application for funding for erection of bridge over the river at Menlo.

7 Jul 1822-14 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/45

Letter from Anthony Bourke, London, England, to Sir Charles William Flint, secretary, Irish Office, London, enclosing paper intended for Sir William Payne with observations and critique of Irish Roman Catholic loyalty, with reflections on their political views, migration to London, proselytism and some of his own experiences in Limerick.

13 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/46

Letter from Dr Francis Barker, secretary, General Board of Health, 22 Bagot Street, Dublin, to Edward I Johnston, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, encloses copy letter from Dr Tuckston, Liverpool, England, to Barker, requesting to have further information about the existence of infectious disease in Ireland with a view to handling any outbreak at Liverpool due to the arrival of large numbers of Irish labouring poor at that port; also encloses copy reply from Barker to Tuckston, indicating that although some manifestations of cholera, fever and dysentery are found in counties Mayo, Galway and Clare, the overall extend of contagious diseases across the country is below average and consequently, no imminent danger to general health should be anticipated in the city of Liverpool.

6 Jul 1822-15 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/47

Copy letter from Dr Francis Barker, secretary, General Board of Health, 22 Bagot Street, Dublin, to Edward I Johnston, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, making references to enclosures [not extant] relative to prevalence of contagious diseases in Ireland and requesting the Lord Lieutenant’s permission to forward communication to the Mayor of Liverpool on subject.

15 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/48

Letter from Gervais Parker Bushe, Kilfane, Thomastown, County Kilkenny, assistant barrister of County Kilkenny, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting permission to absent himself from County Kilkenny until commencement of a special court session convened under the Insurrection Act, due to begin 17 October; also includes letter from Bushe requesting permission of Lord Lieutenant to visit circuit before attendance at a special sitting of the court in 30 September, and to carry out some circuit work outside the county thereafter.

17 Jul 1822-26 Aug 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/49

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Bagot, Nurney, County Kildare, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, acknowledging receipt of letter from William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, which had been addressed to Reverend John Bagot.

21 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/50

Note that a letter from J Boyd making application for aid with costs of building Lifford Gaol, County Donegal, was removed by John Taylor, clerk, Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle.

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