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CSO/RP/SC/1821/271

Letter from Reverend John Chester, Mallow, County Cork, Church of Ireland rector of Ballyclough, Mallow, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, emphasising the 'rapid advance' of disaffection in the country and the extent of the nightly raids for firearms and ammunition. States that he and his proctor have been threatened, and that the disaffected, 'also avowed their determination to cut off, and nail to the Church Door, the Ears of Mr Cotter -the respectable Clergyman of Castlemagner Parish [Mallow, County Cork] for presuming to tear down the enclosed notice', 7 November 1821. Encloses the notice referred to in his letter, entitled 'A General Notice', and signed 'Captain Rock', warning of the consequences for those who try to demand tithe and rent payments [November 1821].

[Nov 1821]- 7 Nov 1821

1821

CSO/RP/SC/1821/272

Address of magistrates and principal inhabitants of town and neighbourhood of Mallow, County Cork, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, emphasising the extent of disaffection and disturbances in the area. Urges government to send a military force to area. Refers to attacks on various homes, including that of Reverend Joseph Cotter of parish of Castlemagner, Mallow, and the theft of firearms. Signed by 44 individuals.

8 Nov 1821

1821

CSO/RP/SC/1821/273

Letter from Colonel James Cuff, Ballinrobe, County Mayo, governor of County Mayo and MP for Tralee, County Kerry, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the extent of Ribbonism in the barony of Kilmaine, County Mayo. Refers to the difficulties encountered by his land agent, Alexander Clendining, in obtaining information on those involved in the Ribbon disturbances, because of a system of intimidation.

10 Nov 1821

1821

CSO/RP/SC/1821/274

Letter from James Critchly [also spelt Critchley], 8 Upper Camden Street, Dublin, magistrate for County Kildare, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning reports of meetings of Ribbonmen in neighbourhood of Dunlavin, County Wicklow. Also complains of a gunsmith in the area, named Hanlon, who repairs and sells firearms 'for all the Country', describing him as 'a great Curse in that Neighbourhood'.

11 Nov 1821

1821

CSO/RP/SC/1821/275

Letter from John Church, Gurtenard, Listowel, County Kerry, magistrate of County Kerry, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, concerning meetings of Roman Catholic inhabitants in the area. Annexes a copy of the resolutions passed at a meeting of Roman Catholic inhabitants of the parishes of Murher and Knockanure, County Kerry, held 11 November 1821, condemning the violent disturbances in County Limerick, and expressing thanks to Thomas Staughton and Reverend Anthony Stoughton, 'for their kind and considerate mode of dealing with us respecting our Tithes; by which one of our heavy burthens has been considerably lightened - and we sincerely regret that all other Proprietors of Tithes do not follow an example which would in a great measure tend to tranquilize the minds of the people at large'.

11 Nov 1821- 12 Nov 1821

1821

CSO/RP/SC/1821/276

File of papers relating to investigation of dispute between Major Samson Carter, police magistrate of County Donegal, and the board of excise, respecting illicit distillation and smuggling. Includes letter from Carter, Grouse Hall, Carndonagh, County Donegal, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, complaining of allegations made against him by Daniel Logie, the board of excise's local inspector, and defending the work of his police force in suppressing illicit stills, 14 November 1821. Also includes aggregate return of detections made by Major Carter's police force in barony of Inishowen, County Donegal, for year ending 31 July 1821, including numbers of stills, gallons of pot ale, and bales of leaf tobacco, discovered. Return signed by Carter.

25 May 1820-14 Nov 1821

1821

CSO/RP/SC/1821/277

Letter from Henry Croker, Mallow, County Cork, brigade major of yeomanry, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning state of County Limerick, and the spread of those disturbances into County Cork.

14 Nov 1821

1821

CSO/RP/SC/1821/278

Letter from Reverend Patrick Cummings, Magheracloone glebe, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Church of Ireland rector of parish of Magheracloone, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting nightly meetings of large groups of men and raids on local homes to obtain firearms.

15 Nov 1821

1821

CSO/RP/SC/1821/279

Letter from George Church, Listowel, County Kerry, sergeant of Feale infantry [of yeomanry], to Daniel Mahony, Dunloe Castle, Killarney, brigade major of yeomanry, concerning supplies of arms to local Ballylongford and Tarbert yeomanry corps, County Kerry. Reports attacks on houses by groups of disaffected men, in search of arms and ammunition, and a subsequent skirmish between military forces and 'Whiteboys'. [this letter was presumably forwarded by Mahony to Dublin Castle, for information of the Chief Secretary's Office].

16 Nov 1821

1821

CSO/RP/SC/1821/280

Letter from William Chambers, Lifford, near Strabane, County Tyrone, magistrate for Counties Tyrone and Donegal, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning an attack on house of Reverend Hamilton of Dunnamanna [Dunnamanagh], County Tyrone, to obtain firearms; also nightly meetings in the area. Chambers urges the deployment of a yeomanry corps, 16 November 1821. Also memorandum for Chief Secretary's Office, concerning the matters raised in Chambers' letter, signed 'SC', [probably Major Samson Carter, chief police magistrate, County Donegal], 24 November 1821. [see also CSO/RP/SC/1821/283]

16 Nov 1821-24 Nov 1821

1821