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Record 911 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/912

TITLE:

John McDonnell, gate keeper of Circular road gate, Phoenix Park, Dublin: for an increase in salary

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of John McDonnell, gate keeper of Circular road gate, Phoenix Park, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting an increase in salary for duties as gate keeper; claims that due to improvements ‘the Nobility and Gentry resident at the north side of the City, have been induced to pass more frequently thro’ said Gate, at Night than they had done before that period’; also refers to state of health which is ‘very much impaired by the increased night duty’ and to the higher remuneration enjoyed by the gate keeper of Barrack Street. Includes letter from Lord Norbury [John Toler] emphasising McDonnell’s devotion to duties and his willingness to rise ‘at midnight in very inclement seasons’.

EXTENT:

2 items; 4pp

DATE(S):

5 Sep 1820

DATE EARLY:

1820

DATE LATE:

1820

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/M116

Record 912 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/913

TITLE:

Prisoners of Mullingar Prison, County Westmeath: for discharge

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of Patrick McDonnell, Patrick Haven, William Gately, William Gaffey, Patrick Malony and Hugh Hefferan, Mullingar Prison, County Westmeath, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, appealing for discharge from gaol having been convicted at Moate ‘for a Riot, found Guilty and Sentenced to Two Months Imprisonm[en]t Each’; indicates that they have taken a recognizance of the peace and undertake ‘of never more Infringing upon the Civil Law’, they seek opportunity to work the ground in preparation for sowing the annual crops.

EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp

DATE(S):

29 Jan 1821

DATE EARLY:

1821

DATE LATE:

1821

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/M117

Record 913 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/914

TITLE:

GD Mills, chief clerk, Accountant General’s Office, General Post Office, Dublin: for interview to discuss vacancy of accountant general’s post

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from GD Mills, chief clerk, Accountant General’s Office, General Post Office, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking opportunity for a personal meeting to discuss vacancy of accountant general’s post precipitated by retirement of Mr Prior, for which he has received a recommendation from the Earl of Rosse. Includes second letter from Mills to Grant stressing his suitability for post and experience of ‘eleven years, five of which I have performed the duties of Accountant General’.

EXTENT:

2 items; 3pp

DATE(S):

27 Mar 1820-24 Mar 1821

DATE EARLY:

1820

DATE LATE:

1821

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/M118

Record 914 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/915

TITLE:

Hugh McMahon, Dublin: for appointment to position of superintendent to fishing establishment

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of Hugh McMahon, 25 Abbey Street, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to position of superintendent to the ‘new national Fishing Establishment’; refers also to experience of 16 years at sea ‘for which he derives no recompense whatever’; with character testimony from RH de Montmorency, Erne street, Dublin.

EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp

DATE(S):

24 Mar 1820

DATE EARLY:

1820

DATE LATE:

1820

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/M122

Record 915 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/916

TITLE:

James McAuley, Dublin: for appointment as agent to the Presbyterian Seceders Synod of Ireland

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from James McAuley, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, making application for appointment as agent to the Presbyterian Synod of Ireland, called Seceders; refers to support of Duke of Wellington and Thomas Ellis, MP; also notes ‘unsanctioned’ communication from ‘one or two of the ministers praying that the Situation of Agent would not be filled up until the wishes of the Synod were Known’ and mentions that on occasion he has been entrusted with responsibilities of comptrollership of customs at the Custom House.

EXTENT:

1 item; 4pp

DATE(S):

24 Jan 1821

DATE EARLY:

1821

DATE LATE:

1821

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/M124

Record 916 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/917

TITLE:

Leonard Meates, peace officer, Head Office of Police, Dublin: for payment of superannuation allowance

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of Leonard Meates, peace officer, Head Office of Police, Dublin, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting payment of superannuation allowance for service rendered to government, he being ‘nearly 70 years of age, and greatly afflicted with an asthmatic complaint’; claims to have provided information that led to suppression of a rebel gang concealed in the Bridgefoot Street area of Dublin, during the rebellion of 1803; with character testimonies on base of document from John Atkinson and James Henthorn.

EXTENT:

1 item; 4pp

DATE(S):

1820

DATE EARLY:

1820

DATE LATE:

1820

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/M127

Record 917 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/918

TITLE:

William Mills, local magistrate, Cradoxtown, County Kildare: for appointment as county police magistrate

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of William Mills, local magistrate, Cradoxtown, County Kildare, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, making application for appointment as county police magistrate; refers to period of service as magistrate and claims to have been ‘the first who gave information of the intended rising in rebellion [1798] previous to the murder of Lord Kilwarden’; encloses letter from Lord Norbury [John Toler] to Mills referring to representation in his favour and to continued problem in locality of theft and plunder; also encloses letter from Earl of Mayo [John Bourke], London, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, in support of application by Mills and offering observations on disturbed state of County Kildare.

EXTENT:

3 items; 9pp

DATE(S):

2 Apr 1817-Mar 1820

DATE EARLY:

1817

DATE LATE:

1820

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/M129

Record 918 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/919

TITLE:

Hugh McIntire, Dublin: for appointment as a clerk under Government

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Hugh McIntire, 4 North Earl Street, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, making application for appointment ‘of a writing clerk in any department of the Castle’; claims to be qualified for the post in question having ‘a perfect Conception of accounts in theory and practice’.

EXTENT:

1 item; 4pp

DATE(S):

5 Feb 1820

DATE EARLY:

1820

DATE LATE:

1820

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/M130

Record 919 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/920

TITLE:

William Warburton McMahon, late midshipman, Royal Navy, Dublin: for appointment to post of gauger or tidewaiter

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of William Warburton McMahon, late midshipman, Royal Navy, 50 Sackville [O'Connell] Street, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, making application for appointment to post of gauger or tide waiter; recounts that his father, Colonel Thomas McMahon, acted as barrack master of George’s street jail, Dublin, and latterly of Clonmel in County Tipperary, where he died on duty; mentions also that family property is subject to the work of a receiver appointed by the Court of the Exchequer.

EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp

DATE(S):

6 Sep 1820

DATE EARLY:

1820

DATE LATE:

1820

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/M132

Record 920 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/921

TITLE:

Robert Marshall, Dublin: recommendation for appointment of Frances Flaherty to police establishment

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Robert Marshall, 10 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, making recommendation for appointment of Frances Flaherty to police establishment; also includes note from James Madden, 11 Nassau Street, Dublin, in support of application of Flaherty.

EXTENT:

2 items; 2pp

DATE(S):

27 Mar 1820-31 Mar 1820

DATE EARLY:

1820

DATE LATE:

1820

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/M138

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