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CSO/RP/1828/681

Memorial of David Ring and Thomas Kingston, Garranreagh [Garranereagh], near Bandon, [County Cork], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, seeking payment of salaries due to the valuators of the county cess. Noting that [Robert] Delacour, [County] Treasurer of Mallow has decided to only pay a fraction of the money owed to the clerks. Also letter from Robert Delacour, Beareforest, [County Cork], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, responding in detail to the complaint and claiming that he has already paid the valuators more than was sanctioned by the Grand Jury, discussing the payments to the clerks and appealing to Lord Carbery and the county as to the correctness of his work. Includes legal opinion of Richard W Greene.

8 Apr 1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/682

Letter from [Windham Henry Quin, 2nd Earl of] Dunraven, Adare, [County Limerick], to unidentified recipient, noting that a convict sentenced to transportation under the Insurrection Act has requested that his family be allowed join him. Recommending that permission be granted as this would prevent the return of the man who was the leader of the disaffected in the neighbourhood. Also recommending that John Christy be granted a licence to acquire two barrels of gunpowder for the purposes of blasting. Includes printed copy of the memorandum concerning the granting of free passage to families of convicts.

5 May 1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/683

Letter from Thomas Jones, 35 [Gloster Street], to [George King, 3rd Earl of] Kingston, Bretons Hotel, forwarding a memorial [not extant] calling for the establishment of a mail coach to Ballina, [County Mayo].

7 May 1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/684

Memorial signed by 22 of the nobility and principal inhabitants of Castle Island [Castleisland], County Kerry, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, requesting that government fund the extension of new roads from their town to Tralee and Killarney. Also covering letter from [Charles Winn Allanson, 2nd Baron] Headley, to William Lamb, Chief Secretary, noting that Mr Griffith can explain the proposal. Also letter from M Fitzgerald, London, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, drawing attention to a request from the Grand Jury of Kerry for the completion of the Limerick to Killarney road. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

29 Jan 1828-9 May 1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/685

Petition of Margaret Molony, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, seeking clemency for her husband, John Molony, Ballycatten [Ballycotton, County Cork], who has been sentenced to seven years transportation for sheep stealing or failing that for permission to accompany him. Includes recommendation of Henry Harris, Ballcotton and [Emanuel] Moore, [], Bandon, [County Cork].

3 May 1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/686

Memorial of Elizabeth Cash, Woodfield, Clara, [Kings County or County Offaly], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, seeking free passage to join her husband, Peter Cash, a convict transported to Sidney Cove, New South Wales, [Australia] for cow stealing. Includes recommendation signed by seven magistrates and a clergymen.

1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/687

Petition of the ‘poor and distressed convicts of Clonmel’, County Tipperary, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, but addressed ‘your Royal Highness’, seeking permission for their families to accompany them as they have been sentenced to transportation.

[18 Apr 1828]

1828

CSO/RP/1828/688

Petition of Dorothy Guynon [Guinan], alias Galvin, Frankford, [Kings County or County Offaly], to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, seeking permission to accompany her husband, Thomas Guynon, who has been sentenced to transportation to Botony Bay or New South Wales, [Australia]. Petition signed by two catholic clergymen, namely Rev Walter Lynch, parish priest of Ballyboy and Killoughy and Rev [?Charles] Burton, curate of the parish of Ballyboy, [County Offaly].

5 May 1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/689

Petition of Dr Michael Kiernan, Granard, County Longford, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, complaining that William Fife, constable has a grudge against him and that he has been fined for allowing his dog roam through the town. Also a copy of the proceedings of an investigation into complaints by McKiernan against Fife, noting the evidence of Cornelius Plunkett, apprentice and mentioning constables Grier and Murtha. Also letter signed by six magistrates at Granard Petty Sessions, to Lieut R Simpson, Local Superintendent, Longford, defending the constabulary and noting that when Kiernan refused to pay the 10s fine a levy warrant was issued to confiscate and sell some goods belonging to him. Also covering letter from Simpson, to Col John Harvey, Inspector General and covering letter from Harvey, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, forwarding the reports and trusting that the matter has been resolved.

17 Apr 1828-10 May 1828

1828

CSO/RP/1828/690

Letter from Maj George Warburton, Castlegar, [County Galway], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, enclosing copies of a report and correspondence [extant] relative to alleged misconduct on the part of Capt Firman, Chief Constable and the police stationed at Clifden and offering to conduct an investigation on the ground if required; observing that Michael Mullery, Under Sheriff of Galway, in his letter of complaint, appeared to believe that the police were bound to assist him in executing civil processes. Includes copies of letters from Mullery, Sheriff’s Office, Loughrea, [County Galway], to Warburton, complaining that he was barricaded into a house in Clifden by a mob and that the nearby constabulary did not come to his assistance. Includes memorandum probably by Gregory, instructing Warburton how to investigate the case.

19 Apr 1828-10 May 1828

1828