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CSO/RP/OR/1829/891

Letter from TS Ireland, Roscommon, to Maj Warburton, noting that James Bulfe requested that a party of constables be sent to Oran village, [County Roscommon] to offer him protection and noting that a request may be made to have a police station established there. Also covering letter from George Warburton, Inspector General, Castlegar, [County Galway], to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, noting that he does have sufficient men at his disposal to establish a new station.

17 Dc 1829-18 Dec 1829

1829

CSO/RP/OR/1829/892

Copied extracts from reports from chief constables and sub inspectors Morgan, Brew, Townsend, Caldwell, Tabuteau, Molony, Weldon, Daly, Tracy, Curtis, Gardiner and Ferrall in counties Clare, Galway, Leitrim, Sligo and Mayo reporting on outrages in their counties including a desire on the part of respectable inhabitants of Clare to give their firearms to the magistrates but their reluctance to do so due to Rockite intimidation; an attack on the constabulary at Miltown by armed Rockites; threatening notices received by Mr Flynn of Lisdoonvarna who voted for Mr Vesey Fitzgerald; intimidation of the steward and servants of Capt O’Brien, brother to Sir Edward O’Brien, at Clifton; the denouncing from the altar by Rev Lahiff of Tubber of men responsible for sending him a threatening notice, partly in response to his having voted for Vesey Fitzgerald; arson attacks and attacks on property; a letter intercepted in Killalla post office addressed to ‘Hugh O’Hara’, ‘Captain of the Hearts of Steel’ and purporting to contain a list of names of sworn ribbonmen in County Mayo. Also covering letter from George Warburton, Inspector General, Castlegar, [County Galway], to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary.

18 Dec 1829

1829

CSO/RP/OR/1829/893

Letter from Thomas Waller, Finnoe, [County Tipperary], to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, enclosing a certificate from Thomas Brereton and James Wellington, magistrates of County Tipperary requesting that Waller be empowered to search for illegally held firearms in the barony of Lower Ormond.

4 Dec 1829

1829

CSO/RP/OR/1829/894

Copied extract from reports from Constable Blakeney of Strokestown, Capt Ireland, Mr Fitzhenry of County Roscommon, reporting on outrages including attacks on individuals in Kilbride by a gang demanding money for ‘Captain Steel’ to be used to ‘relieve some poor people that were in bondage’; waylaying of a soldier of the 69th Regiment who was traveling from Athlone; Rockite notices warning individuals not to rent lands near Elphin. Also covering letter from George Warburton, Inspector General, Castlegar, [County Galway], to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, reporting on a poorly attended meeting in Roscommon which passed moderate resolutions and declared the county to be tranquil; noting that none of the magistrates or gentlemen who agree with Lord Lorton attended the meeting; noting that Mr Brown stated that the disturbances in the county were due to ‘the monstrous injustice of the Sub-letting Act and Disfranchisement Bill’; adding that the enclosed police reports do not support the contention that the county is ‘perfectly quiet’. Also memorandum from [Gower].

16 Dec 1829

1829

CSO/RP/OR/1829/895

Letter from Bartholomew Warburton, Swanlinbar, [County Cavan], to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, enclosing a statement from John Joyce, Chief Constable and Sub Inspector concerning a new type of pike which is being manufactured for Ribbonmen and that ‘Roman Catholic Peasantry’ are armed with extended pitchforks; includes a crude depiction of the pike; anticipating that he will receive the assistance of Maj Gen Thornton. Includes annotation from Gower stating that ‘the forks are not illegal’.

13 Dec 1829

1829

CSO/RP/OR/1829/896

Letter from Noble Hillard, constable, Ballyconnell, [County Cavan], to Bartholomew Warburton, Swanlinbar, [County Cavan], reporting that 200 men armed with bludgeons marched in regular order after Ballyconnell Fair calling out for Brunswickers to show their faces and later assembled outside the public house of Thomas Moore, publican. Also covering letter from Warburton, Swanlinbar, to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary. Includes annotation from Gower anticipating that Warburton will attempt to stop party parading ‘on all future occasions with all parties’.

29 Dec 1829-30 Dec 1829

1829

CSO/RP/OR/1829/897

Copied extracts from reports from chief constables and sub inspectors Carey, Tabuteau, Molony, Lewis, Fitzhenry, Brew, Daly, Williams, Brown, Capt Ireland, Caldwell and Carey and constables Blakeney and Steel in counties Clare, Galway, Mayo and Roscommon reporting on outrages in their counties including the barbarous torture of two men named Doyle of Drumnelly by a gang who cut their tongues out on account of they having supplied information to Mr Westropp, their landlord; the murder of a boy called Curtin who was driving pigs from Connelly Fair; the shooting of a man called Nolan by a barger while fishing in the River Direen; a large assembly of armed men at Tully in the Strokestown District; an attack on a police patrol at Miltown during which one man was seen to have been shot in the head; the general concealment of injuries and secret internment of Ribbonmen who have been shot dead; attempts by Messers O’Loughlin, Bridgeman, Murphy and Cahill to offer amnesties in order to secure the surrender of stolen firearms instead of punishing those responsible; the willingness of certain individuals to surrender their firearms on the condition that they would be returned at a later date; a riot at Woodford Fair and the decision of the constabulary not to intervene; theft of firearms, destruction of livestock, arson attacks and levelling of buildings; the issuing of threatening notices from the ‘Terence Alts’; attacks on the houses of James Burke of Aglesh, Coggins of Mosshill and Michael Fee of Boulafeen. Also letter from John Morgan, Chief Constable, Corofin District, to Maj Warburton, reporting on an attack on a pensioner named O’Connell by Pat Guttery, and noting that O’Connell has offered to supply a great deal of information on the robbery of firearms having being part of a gang involved in this activity. Also affidavits of Andrew Webb and William Law, pensioners and John Donohan, publican, Scariff, County Clare, accusing Michael Mullins of Tossabeg of using treasonable language. Also five covering letters from George Warburton, Inspector General, Castlegar, [County Galway], to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, noting that he has informed Mr Brew to make a search for stolen goods and to take up any illegal arms which he may discover; mentioning the offer made by Mr Bridgeman; warning that several sub constables who attend chapel in disturbed districts may have been sworn into secret societies but fearing that this cannot be proved. Includes annotations from Gower noting that troops should be sent to Kilrush; agreeing with the decision of the constabulary at Woodford; recommending that any suspect constables be ‘quietly and silently’ dismissed ‘without assigning [any] cause’.

19 Dec 1829-31 Dec 1829

1829

CSO/RP/OR/1829/898

Letter from [EE] Denniston, Strabane, [County Tyrone], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, describing the cut wound said to have been inflicted on Hugh Whyte by John Hunter and certifying that this wound has healed favourably.

7 Oct 1829

1829

CSO/RP/OR/1829/899

Letters from William R Yielding, magistrate, Rathkeale, [County Limerick], [probably to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary], reporting on an upcoming meeting in Rathkeale to welcome Daniel O'Connell MP for County Clare and enquiring if such an assembly is prohibited under the recent government proclamations; requesting a copy of the legislation governing the possession of firearms for the use of William Smyth, Sub Inspector of Police for County Limerick.

24 Jul 1829-28 Jul 1829

1829

CSO/RP/OR/1829/900

File of letters from Lord Kingston [George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston], Mitchelstown, [County Cork], to William Gregory, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], referring to the recent outrages near Doneraile, [County Cork] and reporting on a meeting with fellow magistrates who have found proof for a conspiracy for the assassination of Michael Creagh, magistrate and late High Sheriff, Mr George Bond Low, Col Hill, and Admiral Evans, also mentioning his informer, P Daly. Finding that even in 1798 the country was not as organised as now. Finding that even in 1798 the country was not as organised as now; that the [Roman Catholic] priests Cotter, Troy, Mody [sic] and others are implicated in this. Also, letter from Sir Francis Leveson Gower, [Chief Secretary], Dublin Castle, to Gregory, stating he is against Kingston's intention to obtain the insurrection act for his county, and opinion by Richard W Greene, [legal advisor, Dublin], that there are not enough grounds for a prosecution.

28 Apr 1829-16 May 1829

1829