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Record 31 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/SC/1826/31
TITLE:

Letter from Maj S Carter, Doneraile, [County Cork], reporting on an attack on Patrick Griffen, Ballylopen, [County Cork]
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Maj S Carter, Doneraile, [County Cork], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, reporting on an attack committed on the dwelling of Patrick Griffen, farmer, Ballylopen, near Charleville, [County Cork], during which the house and its contents were burned; suggesting that the motive was robbery as Griffen had a large sum of money; adding that his daughter is rumoured to have been abducted.
EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp
DATE(S):

1 Feb 1826
DATE EARLY:

1826
DATE LATE:

1826
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1826/no original number
Record 32 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/SC/1826/32
TITLE:

File of documents concerning reports of outrages and intimidation near Athlone as reported to the Governor of County Westmeath
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Col W Caulfield, magistrate, Benown, [County Westmeath], to [William Handcock, 1st Viscount] Castlemaine, reporting on outrages in his area including an attack on the house of Abraham Clandining, during which he was robbed of arms and beaten. Also affidavit of Clandining. Also letter from Viscount Castlemaine, Governor of County Westmeath, Moydrum Castle, [County Westmeath], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, enclosing the reports of outrages; also enclosing an anonymous letter from an extensive catholic landowner near Athlone [extant] reporting intimidation against him by ‘those night legislators’. Includes letter from anonymous sender noting that he cannot get workmen because of threats and illegal oaths made against him and adding that if it were known that he was communicating with magistrates, vengeance would be wreaked upon his property and person. Also memorandum by Richard Wellesley, proposing to refer the letters to Maj Powell for investigation and following Powell’s report to perhaps call a general meeting of the magistrates of Westmeath. Also memorandum [possibly by Gregory], requesting that Castlemaine be informed that an additional military force is being sent to the disturbed district.
EXTENT:

6 items; 18pp
DATE(S):

4 Feb 1826-11 Feb 1826
DATE EARLY:

1826
DATE LATE:

1826
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1826/no original number
Record 33 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/SC/1826/33
TITLE:

Letter from gentlemen residing in the parishes of Benown and Kilkenny West, County Westmeath, reporting on the disturbed state of these parishes
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter signed by 14 gentlemen residing in the parishes of Benown and Kilkenny West, County Westmeath, to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, reporting on the alarming and disturbed state of these parishes involving burglaries, house levelling, beatings, shooting of watch-dogs and murder; claiming that the present police force is not capable of putting down these outrages. [Contains list of names not given in this description]
EXTENT:

1 item; 4pp
DATE(S):

22 Feb 1826
DATE EARLY:

1826
DATE LATE:

1826
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1826/no original number
Record 34 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/SC/1826/34
TITLE:

Petition of John Carroll, Philipstown Gaol, [Kings County] claiming that he is innocent of a charge of robbery brought against him and seeking bail
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of John Carroll, Philipstown Gaol, [Kings County] [Daingean, County Offaly], to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, claiming that he is innocent of a charge of robbery brought against him by Thomas Keenahan, and requesting that he be granted bail. Also covering letter from John Carroll, junior, Clara, Kings County [County Offaly], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, enclosing the petition of his father. Also letter from Geo[rge] Gibbs, 39 York Street, to William Gregory, enclosing evidence of ‘Keenaghan’ and also copy of warrant issued against Carroll for assault and robbery. Includes legal opinion of JS Townsend stating that government should not involve itself in this case.
EXTENT:

4 items; 8pp
DATE(S):

3 Feb 1826-7 Feb 1826
DATE EARLY:

1826
DATE LATE:

1826
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1826/no original number
Record 35 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/SC/1826/35
TITLE:

Letter from Maj S Carter, Doneraile, [County Cork], reporting a violent attack on the house of John Hayes of Bohernascrub, near Buttevant, [County Cork]
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Maj S Carter, Doneraile, [County Cork], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, reporting that the house of John Hayes of Bohernascrub, near Buttevant, [County Cork], was attacked by a gang of five men, beating Hayes and his brother in law, Dennis Carrol, who had been married to Hayes’ sister on the previous night. Alleging that the motive was jealousy on the part of a neighbour called Griffin whose marriage proposal to Hayes for his sister was rejected.
EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp
DATE(S):

10 Feb 1826
DATE EARLY:

1826
DATE LATE:

1826
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1826/no original number
Record 36 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/SC/1826/36
TITLE:

Letter from Maj S Carter, Doneraile, [County Cork], suggesting that nearly all the magistrates of the barony of Condons and Clongibbon, [County Cork] would support the removal of the Peace Preservation Act
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Maj S Carter, Doneraile, [County Cork], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, enclosing a list of the magistrates of the barony of Condons and Clongibbon, [County Cork] who attended a meeting at Fermoy to discuss the Corn Laws and the removal of the Peace Preservation Act. Suggesting that all the magistrates of the barony would support the petition concerning the police force appointed under the act, perhaps with the exception of [Stephen Moore, 3rd] Earl Mount Cashell who did not attend the meeting.
EXTENT:

2 items; 3pp
DATE(S):

17 Feb 1826
DATE EARLY:

1826
DATE LATE:

1826
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1826/no original number
Record 37 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/SC/1826/37
TITLE:

Letter from Henry Croker, Brigade Major of the County Tipperary Yeomanry, reporting on an incident of outrage near New Inn, [County Tipperary]
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Henry Croker, Brigade Major of the County Tipperary yeomanry, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, reporting that a farm house near New Inn, [County Tipperary] was maliciously burned but that the motive was pique rather than rebellion and that the county is generally tranquil.
EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp
DATE(S):

28 Feb 1826
DATE EARLY:

1826
DATE LATE:

1826
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1826/no original number
Record 38 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/SC/1826/38
TITLE:

Letter from Maj S Carter, Doneraile, [County Cork], reporting that a cow house belonging to William Lysaght of Fountainville, [County Cork] was maliciously burned
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Maj S Carter, Doneraile, [County Cork], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, reporting that a cow house belonging to William Lysaght of Fountainville, [County Cork] was maliciously burned but that the family and beasts were saved by the actions of the police and military. Stating that Lysaght has only recently become proprietor of the farm and that his father in law, Mr Atkins, is not a favourite with the ‘lower orders’.
EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp
DATE(S):

23 Feb 1826
DATE EARLY:

1826
DATE LATE:

1826
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1826/no original number
Record 39 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/SC/1826/39
TITLE:

Letter from Maj S Carter, Doneraile, [County Cork], reporting on the failure of Messers Leslie’s bank in Cork and the sudden death of Joseph Pike, banker
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Maj S Carter, Doneraile, [County Cork], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, reporting that Messers Leslie Bankers of Cork have stopped payment of bills, despite having received pecuniary aid from government on a previous occasion. Noting that this banking failure will cause considerable distress in Cork. Adding that Joseph Pike, banker, Cork has died very suddenly and that much inconvenience is expected from this sudden demise.
EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp
DATE(S):

1 Mar 1826
DATE EARLY:

1826
DATE LATE:

1826
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1826/no original number
Record 40 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/SC/1826/40
TITLE:

Letter from Maj S Carter, Doneraile, [County Cork], reporting that he has not discovered any attempts to raise soldiers for foreign military service
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Maj S Carter, Doneraile, [County Cork], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, reporting that he has not discovered any attempts to raise officers or men for military service with foreign states.
EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp
DATE(S):

1 Mar 1826
DATE EARLY:

1826
DATE LATE:

1826
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1826/no original number

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