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CSO/RP/SC/1825/511

Letter from Major George Warburton, inspector general of police for Connaught, Ballinasloe, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, offering observations on the value of information on a new wave of political hostility received from a source in County Galway. Encloses copy letter from Denis H Kelly, magistrate of counties Galway and Roscommon, Castle Kelly [Castlekelly], Ballinasloe, revealing that a trusted local informant has divulged some important ‘secret information’ on the emergence of a new subversive organisation in the region. The body in question, he continues, has its origins in the south of the county and is under the leadership of the sons of substantial farmers, each of whom has 50 men under his command. In structure and shape, he notes, it is like the Catholic Association, but tends to operate solely during daylight hours. He laments the contagion is now spreading into the north of the county and is facilitated by such agents as Mick Larkin of Dalystown and ’Fallon’ of Kilconnell.

21 Feb 1825- 23 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/512

Letter from Major George Warburton, inspector general of police for Connaught, Ballinasloe, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reflecting on an attempted injury of a police sentry at Woodford. Encloses copy letter from Thomas Williams, chief constable of police, Woodford, County Galway, reporting on an attack on the sentry of the barracks of Woodford with a ‘large stone’. The missile, he states, was thrown on a wet night and if it had connected with the policeman’s head, he would have been ‘severely hurted’ or worse. So far, he admits, the person or persons responsible has not been traced. He conveys a suggestion by Sir John Burke, magistrate, that a reward might be offered of £5 for information on the crime.

20 Feb 1825-23 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/513

Letter from Major George Warburton, inspector general of police for Connaught, Ballinasloe, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, returning a document or letter that relates to County Longford, an area not under his jurisdiction [not present]. Note on back from CSO indicates the letter in question should be directed to Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary.

20 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/514

Letter from Edward Wilson, chief police magistrate of County Tipperary, Thurles, County Tipperary, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting direction on how to proceed with respect to the case of two sub constables who are held at Borrisokane on a charge of assault during an affray at Coolbawn [Coolbaun]. He notes the input of Mr [Connelly] in the matter and asks if it should be referred to him for final resolution.

24 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/515

Letter from Thomas Whitney, magistrate, Newpass, Rathowen, County Westmeath, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, stressing the need for police assistance in executing warrants in cases where application is made for the recovery of unpaid labourer or servants’ wages. Such cases, he emphasises, are quite different from those that involve the recovery of tithes, the beneficiaries of which are usually those of the ‘higher class of society’.

14 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/516

Letter from Major George Warburton, inspector general of police for Connaught, Ennis, County Clare, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reflecting on the case of Lieutenant Ackland, chief constable of Elphin, County Roscommon, and seeking the determination of the Lord Lieutenant on the matter. Encloses letter from TS Ireland, chief constable of police, Roscommon, County Roscommon, reporting on Ackland whose irregular and confused behaviour is symptomatic of a man who is ‘deranged’. A communication on the subject, he confides, has been sent to his brother who lives in the town of Drogheda in County Louth. Also letter from George Pollard, Rutland [Parnell] Square, Dublin, to Alexander Mangin, clerk, Civil Department, Dublin Castle, stating that Ackland is now with his brothers in Drogheda and is feeling much better. However, he will need leave of absence for a period of one month to enable full recuperation.

25 Feb 1825-9 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/517

Letter from Major George Warburton, inspector general of police for Connaught, Ballinasloe, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, rejecting an application for employment from James Kingsley of King’s County [County Offaly]. He returns memorial from Kingsley, Dunkerrin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation of employment under government. Over a term of about 32 years, he claims to have given army service in the militia of County Tipperary, the Royal Manx regiment and Dunkerrin corps. Stresses his fitness for public service and conveys he is ‘in the constant habit of Keeping accounts’.

15 Feb 1825- 6 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/518

Letter from Major George Warburton, inspector general of police for Connaught, Ballinasloe, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, conveying some information on the state of his district, 6 March 1825. Encloses letter from John Brown, chief constable of police, Tully Lodge, reporting on an attack upon a corporal of the 65th regiment of foot in the parish of Moore, County Roscommon. States the corporal was followed by three men, one of whom dispossessed him of a bayonet and knocked him over; and, they subsequently beat him ‘in the most savage manner’. One of the assailants, he notes, is recognised as Patrick Carty and enquiries are being made as to the identity of the other perpetrators, 6 March 1825. Also encloses letter from Robert Phelan, sergeant of police, Dalgin, County Galway, reporting his discovery of ‘a meeting of a very improper nature’ at Russelstown near Dalgin on the night of the 23rd of February. He communicates his apprehension of some unusual lights in that neighbourhood and notes the presence of ‘some persons whistling and shouting’, 24 February 1825. Also encloses a second letter from Phelan, calling attention to a series of suspicious lights that were apparent on the night of the 26th of February. The nearest light, he conveys, was near the chapel of Kilcloony and it was communicated with by another at Milltown and also with a few others in the district, 27 February 1825.

24 Feb 1825- 6 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/519

Letter from Major George Warburton, inspector general of police for Connaught, Ballinasloe, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on his dismissal of a constable from the police establishment of Ballinasloe.

6 Mar 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/520

Letter from Bartholomew Warburton, magistrate of County Clare, Limerick, County Limerick, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, confirming his intention to meet with the Lord Lieutenant ‘early next week’. Explains he is recovering from an outbreak of gout which delayed his intended visit to Dublin. He was preoccupied for a period, he admits, with duties at the assizes of the city of Limerick.

9 Mar 1825

1825