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CSO/RP/SC/1825/571

Letter from Major George Warburton, inspector general of police for Connaught, Ballinasloe, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking the direction of government on a proposal to place the supervision of roads in County Galway under the chief constables of police. Encloses letter from Barry W O’Hara, secretary of the grand jury, Galway, County Galway, conveying the resolutions of the grand jury in support of a motion to entrust responsibility to the county constabulary to report on the ‘state of the roads’ and to what extent funds have been judiciously expended.

3 Jun 1825-6 Jun 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/572

Letter from Richard Willcocks, inspector general of police, Cashel, County Tipperary, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, communicating a proposal to have Lieutenant [H] Hawkshaw, chief constable of police, barony of East Carbery, County Cork, removed to another district, and seeking the sanction of government. He indicates that Hawkshaw no longer feels at ease in East Carbery on account of a particularly unpleasant case involving the recovery of tithes, over which four persons were killed. The applicant, he continues, claims to have an agreement to make an exchange with a chief constable who is under the jurisdiction of Major Thomas D’Arcy, inspector general of police for the province of Ulster.

6 Jul 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/573

Letter from Richard Willcocks, inspector general of police, Cashel, County Tipperary, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, conveying that a reprimand has been handed down to Captain William Dobbin, chief constable of police in County Tipperary, for being uncooperative towards the magisterial authorities in the district of Borrisokane, 1 July 1825. Returns letter from Richard Falkiner, deputy governor and magistrate of County Tipperary, Mount Falcon, Borrisokane, County Tipperary, complaining of the failure of the police constables to act in accord with orders from the bench of magistrates to serve notice on those guilty of certain misdemeanours or petty crimes. Explains he wrote to Dobbin, demanding the constables attend the petty session at Nenagh to answer for neglect of duty, but again without compliance, 8 June 1825. He encloses letter from Dobbin, barony of Lower Ormond, Borrisokane, stating he is not aware of any regulation to guide police action on the practice of bull baiting. Makes reference to the act of Parliament associated with Richard Martin, MP for Galway, ‘The Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act 1822’ [the 3rd of George IV, chapter 71], but believes it does not authorise intervention until after an offence is committed. As to the general conduct of the men under his charge, he emphasises their commitment to duty and readiness to serve, 8 June 1825. Also second letter from Dobbin, insisting the request for the constables to appear before the bench at Nenagh is improper and not in keeping with the terms of the Constabulary Act, 8 June 1825.

8 Jun 1825-1 Jul 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/574

Letter from Richard Willcocks, inspector general of police, Cashel, County Tipperary, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, upholding his former determination to dismiss John Stiles, former police sub constable, barony of Trughanacmy, County Kerry, from the constabulary force. Refers to a letter from [Robert] Smylie, his chief constable and the proceedings of petty sessions on his case [neither present as likely returned by CSO to Willcocks] and concludes no case exists for his reinstatement. [See also description CSO/RP/1825/1123].

2 Jul 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/575

Letter from Richard Willcocks, inspector general of police, Cashel, County Tipperary, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, conveying that orders have been issued to the chief constables in his district, in keeping with the instructions of the Lord Lieutenant, to withhold police attendance at fairs if no magistrate is present.

1 Jul 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/576

Letter from Edward Wilson, chief police magistrate of County Tipperary, Thurles, County Tipperary, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on some manifestations of disorder in his neighbourhood. He conveys on the night of the 20th of June an armed party assailed the dwelling of Patrick Long at [?] in the barony of Eliogarty, County Tipperary; the intruders broke the windows, he continues, discharged some gunshots and left a threatening notice [copy enclosed] warning Long to discontinue all interest in the lands of Clohane [Cloghane] ‘or Blood, fire, and ashes will be your doom’, signed by Captain Rock. He further observes an outbreak of ‘faction fighting’ took place at the fair of Templemore on the 28th of June; such was the scale of the outrage, he remarks, the magistrates were obliged to call the military in support of the constabulary. A number of offenders, he notes, now await trial for their part in that disturbance at the next quarter sessions of Thurles.

28 Jun 1825-30 Jun 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/577

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Wedderburn, governor, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on a disruption to the peace by a sectarian attack at a church near Ballyjamesduff in County Cavan. Encloses copy letter from EC Hudson, ensign, 2nd royal veteran battalion, Ballyjamesduff, conveying details of an assault with stones by a party of Roman Catholics on a number of Protestant parishioners who were in process of attending ‘Devine Service’ at church on the 3rd of July. A couple of the offenders were captured, he reveals, but it was not thought prudent to march them to the nearest magistrate, on account of the hostility of the mob.

5 Jul 1825-6 Jul 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/578

Letter from Richard Willcocks, inspector general of police, Cashel, County Tipperary, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reflecting on some recent [sectarian] activity in the town of Roscrea in County Tipperary. He states his intention to visit that place and make a full report to government, and also undertakes to inform the magistrates there of the ‘illegality of Orange and Freemasons associations’.

9 Jul 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/579

Letter from Richard Willcocks, inspector general of police, Roscrea, County Tipperary, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, communicating his determination to stem any threat to the public peace represented by an orange procession on the 12th of July. He stresses his increasing efforts to gather together those with influence in the immediate locality and to impress upon all the necessity of compliance with the Unlawful Societies Act [6th of George IV, chapter 4]. Expresses doubt in the face of rumours of an impending public riot on the 12th involving the two contending denominations, with ‘Reinforcements’ for the orange faction being reportedly drawn from the King’s County [County Offaly]. He notes that sectarian tensions have been raised most imprudently by the advent of a meeting of the Protestant people, instigated, he believes, by two clergymen of the town of Roscrea.

10 Jul 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/580

Letter from Edward Wilson, chief police magistrate of County Tipperary, Thurles, County Tipperary, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, rejecting a call for the establishment of a police station at the Horse and Jockey in County Tipperary. There are not a sufficient number of policemen in the barony, he states, to justify such a proposal and the neighbourhood in question is adequately served by the stations at Littleton and Grange turnpike, which are located within a 2½ miles radius of that place. He accepts the district around Horse and Jockey has been the object of disturbance of late but insists that night patrols are frequently sent to the area, and he himself has made personal exertions to track down law breakers.

10 Jul 1825

1825