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CSO/RP/1825/1821

Letter from John Piercy, secretary to the commissioners of Limerick City Gaol, County Limerick, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing a number of documents [none present] pertaining to the acquisition and renovation of the old city jail which is intended to be combined with the existing new gaol.

4 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1822

Letter from Sir Henry Brooke, Colebrooke, County Fermanagh, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, enclosing a memorial from the Presbyterian congregation [General Synod of Ulster] of Maguiresbridge to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting their clergyman, Reverend James W Williams, be appointed to the first class of the royal bounty or regium donum. They claim in number they constituter between 400 and 500 families, and together they subscribe near £70 [per annum] towards the upkeep of their pastor. As a people, they assert, they are ‘uniformly distinguished for habits of Industry, peace and Loyalty’. Also character reference from Reverend Robert Russell, Church of Ireland rector of the parish of Aughalurcher [Aghalurcher], County Fermanagh, Ashbrooke, Brookeborough, in favour of Williams.

6 Jan 1826-9 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1823

Letter from Michael Grace, Ballylinan [Ballylynan], barony of Ballyadams, Queen's County [County Laois; Leix], to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, offering a large three storey building in the local village with an acre of ground at rear enclosed by a wall. His premises, he stresses, is located along the line of the mail coach road from Dublin to Cork. As to use, he remarks, it would perfectly serve as a school catering for the large number of children living in the vicinity; or equally it might serve as a place to hold petty sessions or a barracks.

16 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1824

Petition of David Henry, architect and civil engineer, 92 Stephen’s Green, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking appointment to the position formerly held by Francis Johnston as architect and inspector of civil buildings with the Board of Works, Dublin. Outlines his experience and qualifications which includes work on ‘several of the most important public works and private buildings in Ireland’ over the past 30 years. He claims, for example, to have worked on the design of the palace of the bishop of Meath, the town hall of the city of Londonderry, and was involved in an extension of the Royal Canal to the River Shannon.

16 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1825

Letter from General George Vaughan Hart, MP for County Donegal, Kilderry, near Londonderry, County Londonderry, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, offering a recommendation for the application of Francis Rogan who seeks appointment as surgeon to the new lunatic asylum of the city of Londonderry. Calls attention to his ‘superior abilities’, his character, and breath of experience in the field. Encloses letter from Rogan, medical doctor, Londonderry, to Hart, expressing a desire to procure the appointment as surgeon to the proposed mental institution.

13 Jan 1826- 14 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1826

Letter from Major Thomas D’Arcy, inspector general of police for province of Ulster, Belfast, County Antrim, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing a letter from James Wolfe McNeale, chief constable of police, Emyvale, County Monaghan, requesting leave of absence for one week to attend at Trinity Collage, Dublin, for examinations and to deal with some ‘private affairs’.

12 Jan 1826- 13 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1827

File of material relating to the application of William Dix, registrar of the Farming Society of Ireland, Dublin, for an increase of remuneration. Includes memorial from Dix, Gardiner Place, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting his salary be restored to £150 per year, the level paid on his original appointment to office. Outlines the extent of duties expected of him as registrar and expresses regret that his annual income was reduced to just £50 per year, through the introduction of new regulations in 1820, 14 January 1826. Also includes letter from Dix to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing printed ‘Copy of the Charter of the Farming Society of Ireland’, March 1815; 18 January 1826.

1 Mar 1815-21 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1828

Letter from Sir Edward Smith Lees, secretary, General Post Office, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting sanction for release of £250 to aid repairs to the works at the harbour of Dunmore East, County Waterford, following damage caused by a period of strong gales. Indicates that Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer, has been called upon to inspect the harbour and recommend structural repairs, if required.

13 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1829

Letter from Rowland J O’Connor, Graigue, Carlow, County Carlow, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a measure of compensation or pension for past loyalty. Refers to an earlier memorial seeking relief over an alleged robbery of his property during the rebellion [1798] which he claims was certified by George Augustus Chichester, 2nd Marquis of Donegall, Sir Edward May, Thomas Verner, Belfast [former sovereign of Belfast], and the ‘loyal Bankers and merchants of Belfast’, County Antrim. Remarks on his past [military] service to government over a period of 32 years and expresses great disappointment at being deprived of a pension of £400 per annum on account of the death of William Pitt the Younger [Prime Minister of Great Britain].

8 Jan 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1825/1830

Letter from Reverend John Reade, Church of Ireland rector of Clondalkin, County Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, calling to attention the impoverished state of the poor of the locality and seeking relief. Comments there is a great want of employment in the area and a local subscription to alleviate the poor has proven ‘totally inadequate’ in the present circumstances. Encloses memorial from the Protestant and Roman Catholic parishioners of the parish of Clondalkin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting government relief for the poor of Clondalkin. Estimates those in want of ‘food & fuel’ at around 5,000 people and observes many have been forced to pawn possessions to purchase sustenance. Signed by Reverend P Stafford, parish priest.

16 Jan 1826

1826