Search the Catalogue

CSO/RP/1820/962

Letter from Alexander Montgomery, alderman, 29 North Frederick Street, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post of police magistrate, as successor to Mark Magrath; indicates that he has support of Earl of Gosford and that he is prepared to resign from post of alderman, in event of the vacancy going his way. Includes letter from Montgomery to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, eliciting support for advancement to situation of police magistrate of Dublin; also includes letter from Grant to Earl of Gosford stating ‘I shall not fail to bring before His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant Mr Montgomery’s pretensions’ in regard to application.

27 Mar 1820-30 Dec 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/963

Petition of Humphry Minchin, 20 Leeson Street, Dublin, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post of police magistrate; claims to have lost almost £4,000 to Mr Jones, late patentee of the Theatre Royal, that during the 1798 Rebellion he served as first lieutenant in the Stephens Green Cavalry and later held post of commissioner of the peace for counties Dublin and Clare.

8 Aug 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/964

File containing letters relating to application of Acheson Irwin, for appointment to post of employment. Includes letter from Lord Mayo [John Bourke], Chichester, England, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, making application on behalf of Irwin for post of assessing officer; also includes letter from Irwin, Ballymagowan Lodge, Clogher, County Tyrone, to Lord Mayo requesting appointment to post under government and to assert that his advancing years are no barrier to his ability to succeed in employment.

8 Nov 1815-7 Dec 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/965

3 letters from Archibald McDougall, Hamilton Place, Belfast, County Antrim, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning his publication on the Irish fishing industry and claim for advancement; encloses three letters in support of claims, two of which are written from London, England.

1 Dec 1819-11 Jan 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/966

File of material relating to incident in which a party of men under control of a parish clerk attacked and wounded a number of persons at Tynagh, County Galway. Includes letter from Anthony James McDermott, magistrate, Ramore, Loughrea, County Galway, offering observations on the state of the peasantry and making appeal against imposition of the Insurrection Act; advises that the recent proclamation would be most prudently disseminated from the pulpit and should be carefully explained to the assembled congregation; refers also to difficulties surrounding surrender of arms to parish priest, Reverend O’Donnell, taking of Oath of Allegiance and a visit of Ribbonmen to his dwelling house and theft of ‘two old fowling pieces’; adds in postscript that information has been received of a party of men led by John Grogan, clerk of the parish church, who set out in search of a number of juveniles alleged to have caused a disruption at the parish church of Tynagh: he observes that under direction of Reverend Dr Trench, magistrate, ‘they fired upon the peaceable inhabitants and took 8 or 9 boys (one of whom was badly wounded with a musket ball) prisoners to Ballinasloe’, 4 March 1820; also includes copy letter from William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle to Trench, expressing determination of Lord Lieutenant to order ‘a Military Investigation’ into the incident at Tynagh, 21 April 1820.

4 Mar 1820-8 May 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/967

Letter from Dr Henry Marsh, 8 Charlemont Street, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment as replacement for Dr James Clarke; refers to extent of medical experience at Richmond General Penitentiary and with fever patients in the House of Industry; encloses certificates of commendation from Dr John Crampton, 39 Kildare Street, Dublin and Dr J Cheyne, Merrion Square, Dublin.

6 Oct 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/968

File of material relating to claim of Richard Marnell, Marnell’s Grove, Ballymoe, County Galway, magistrate, for remuneration of legal expenses accrued through use of crown witnesses in murder case, with mention of other issues relating to support of law and order in his sphere of activity. Includes letter from Edward J Hickman, crown solicitor for Connaught, 17 Middle Gardiner Street, Dublin, with reflections on expenses claimed by Marnell, in respect of case against John and Christopher Irwin and others who are charged with murder of James Flynn, pound keeper, and illegally recovery of distrained cattle ‘Impounded for rent due by the Irwins to Mr Marnell’: as to the demand, he observes, ‘the remainder of the account now claimed is for the Witnesses expenses which I consider reasonable’, 23 May 1815; also includes letter from Marnell, Hibernian Hotel, Dawson Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, claiming to have ‘exerted myself for several years at great expense’, with account of disbursements included with text, 23 April 1816; also includes letter from Hickinay to Gregory to state ‘I have paid the amount of Mr Marnell’s demand as desired by your letter of the 29th inst’, 1 June 1815; also includes letter from Marnell, County Roscommon, to Gregory with remarks on use of proclamation in locality and to recount that ‘a Chappel [sic] door near me was placarded in the name of Cap[tai]n Thresher decreeing destruction and death to any person who would take lands in that neighbourhood’, 12 March 1815; also includes letter from Marnell, London, England, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, outlining ‘claims on the Government of Ireland for about £1000’, 25 October 1820.

3 Dec 1814-25 Oct 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/969

Extract of observations entered in the visitor’s book of Mountrath school, Queen's County [Laois]; entries include one from Alice Cambridge in which she states ‘I have visited the school the regularity of which in every Instance and circumstance surpasses any idea I could have formed of it’, 14 October 1820.

12 Sep 1820-9 Nov 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/970

Minute to convey appreciation to Captain Mac Dougall, Argyle Militia, from the commissioners of supply for county of Argyle, Scotland, signed by D Campbell, clerk; alludes to ‘the trouble he has been at in composing the paper’.

16 Oct 1816

1816

CSO/RP/1820/971

Letter from William E Major, assistant barrister, Lifford, County Donegal, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, indicating that he will convey requested information respecting query on ordinary police of the county, following his visit to Dublin.

15 Jan 1820

1820