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CSO/RP/OR/1828/701

Letter from T Waring, Trevor Corry, Smithson Corry, WN Thompson, magistrates, Newry, [counties Armagh and Down], to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, transmitting copies of proclamations [not extant] of an inflammatory and mischievous nature which were posted up in the town by Andrew Graham, who received them from the ‘Roman Catholic Association’. Noting that Graham has been granted bail.

18 Oct 1828

1828

CSO/RP/OR/1828/702

Copy of letter from Capt JS Kelly, Chief Constable, Headford, [County Galway], to Maj Warburton, concerning an attack on the constabulary while acting under the directions of Maj Kirwan at Castlehacket Fair, [Castlehackett, County Galway]; enclosing a copy of a report from Thomas Short, constable, noting that the police were obliged to fire on the crowd of rioters. Also copy of letter from Robert Atkinson, Chief Constable, Strokestown, [County Roscommon], to Warburton, reporting on Rockite attacks; mentioning attacks on the houses of James, Patrick and Thomas Conway, Thomas Nary, John Quin and Edward Bell, all of Kilcooly parish and on the houses of Andrew Kearns and Martin Collins of Cloonfinlough parish. Also covering letter from George Warburton, Inspector General, Castlegar, [County Galway], to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary.

3 Oct 1828-11 Oct 1828

1828

CSO/RP/OR/1828/703

Letter from Edward Wilson, Chief Magistrate of Police, Thurles, County Tipperary, to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, reporting that a large crowd of former tenants prevented crops from being moved from lands held by Charles O’Keeffe of Annfield, [County Tipperary]. Adding that he later attended the scene with Mr Trant, magistrate and a party of soldiers.

17 Oct 1828

1828

CSO/RP/OR/1828/704

Letter from Robert Ward, [postmark Bangor, County Down], to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, warning that illegal assemblies based on ‘spurious pretences’ should be suppressed and enclosing a newspaper clipping concerning an ‘Orange Meeting at Downpatrick’ where it was resolved to ‘co-operate with the Brunswick Constitutional Clubs in Ireland’.

[c4 Oct 1828]

1828

CSO/RP/OR/1828/705

Letter from Alexander Lowrie, Chief Constable, Newport, to Edward Wilson, reporting witnessing a large procession of men dressed in green and white and carrying a large flag on their way to join a larger procession in Nenagh who were turned back by a priest; adding that the crowd then attacked the police barracks following the decision of John Price of the Peace Preservation Police to confiscate a flute from one of the crowd; stating that the police ‘retreated ‘ from their barracks without defending themselves or the building which was then ransacked; stating that the police sought refuge in the house of Anthony Parker, magistrate. Also covering letter from Edward Wilson, Chief Magistrate of Police, Thurles, County Tipperary, to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, reporting on outrages in his district.

30 Sep 1828-8 Oct 1828

1828

CSO/RP/OR/1828/706

Letter from Michael Creagh, High Sheriff of County Cork, Kilbrack, [County Cork], to unidentified lord, reporting on an attack on the partially constructed glebe house at Walstown [Wallstown] during which wheat and timber were stolen. Noting that Mr Gavin’s watchman was told to instruct his employer that if he reduces his tithes he will not be troubled again.

10 Oct 1828

1828

CSO/RP/OR/1828/707

Letter from J Welsh, assistant brigade major, Monaghan, to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, reporting on his inspection of the 4th Division of Yeomanry in County Tyrone and noting that party spirit is not carried on to such a height as previous and that illegal distillation is on the decrease.

26 Oct 1828

1828

CSO/RP/OR/1828/708

Copies of letters from Archdeacon John Whitty, magistrate, Miltown Malbay and Ennistymon, [County Clare], to Maj Warburton, noting that Mr Carrols has been attempting to extract further information from Griffen, an informer, concerning the ‘itinerant Demagogue Weir’ [Weare] and that Hogarty, a coast guard officer, was administered an illegal oath; reporting on a violent sectarian attack on Widow Ryan by Michael Clune; mentioning how a mob stoned the police which resulted in the death of William Leahy of Clonanahan; stating that a police force of five men is insufficient to keep the peace in Ennistymon. Also letter from John Carroll, [probably to Whitty], stating that Weare [Weir] has gone possibly because ‘he has smelt a rat’ and suggesting that Constable Heary be sent to Milltown to discreetly ascertain if he has absconded; warning that the ‘lives of protestants stand on the brink of a frightful precipice’. Also letters from Thomas Williams, Chief Constable, Woodford, [County Galway], to Maj Warburton, stating that he ordered his men to go to Mountshannon following a report from Rev Heuleatt that protestants were about to be attacked in that village; observing that a boycotting system is being practiced in Mountshannon against some protestants who are termed ‘Blood Hounds’; warning that the constabulary force is insufficient; stating that a protestant gentleman who would not join the Brunswickers was forced to get a certificate from a priest in order to get labourers to dig his potatoes. Also covering letters from George Warburton, Inspector General, Castlegar, [County Galway], to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, noting that Mountshannon has always experienced disturbances as there is a ‘small protestant colony’ there; noting that he has sent Mr Coffey to act as chief constable in Tomgraney and Scariff; regretting that he is unable to comply with requests from his correspondents for additional men.

23 Oct 1828-29 Oct 1828

1828

CSO/RP/OR/1828/709

Letter from Joseph Tabuteau, Chief Constable, Ennis, [County Clare], to Maj Warburton, noting that he gathered 60 men in order to preserve the peace following fears that members of the Catholic Association were to travel to the town to oppose a meeting of the Brunswick Club; noting that he acted on orders from the High Sherriff; stating that [Thomas] Steel, wearing a green ribbon, was denied entry to the meeting and that Mr O’Gorman Mahon, a magistrate also wearing a green ribbon, demanded to know ‘by whose orders [Tabuteau and the military] had come to Ennis’ and subsequently denounced the ‘whim and caprice’ of the sheriff. Also covering letter from George Warburton, Inspector General, Castlegar, [County Galway], to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, noting that an inaugural meeting of a Brunswick Club occurred in Balinasloe but was not accompanied by violence; referring to an earlier report from [Thomas] Williams, Chief Constable [not extant].

22 Oct 1828-30 Oct 1828

1828

CSO/RP/OR/1828/710

Letter from Thomas Williams, Chief Constable, Woodford, [County Galway], to Maj Warburton, reporting that two petitions purporting to be from the protestant inhabitants of Clonrush supporting emancipation, were sent by the [Catholic] Association to the catholic churchwardens of Clonrush parish, with instructions for them to gather signatures; noting that a meeting of protestants was held in the school house in Mountshannon to form a Brunswick Club with Mr Huleatt acting as chairman; noting that the meeting was opposed by Rev Sheehy, parish priest and was insulted by Huleatt, which has resulted in a boycott of all the Brunswickers by catholics. Also printed notice entitled ‘Second and Final Defeat of the Brunswickers!!! …’. Also covering letter from George Warburton, Inspector General, Castlegar, [County Galway], to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary.

3 Oct 1828-20 Oct 1828

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