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CSO/RP/1822/3268

Letter from William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary [probably at Irish Office, London], concerning the weekly expense to government of maintaining those individuals who acted as crown witnesses in trials against insurgents in Limerick, and who are housed in Limerick jails for their own protection, 'as they never can again return to their own homes'. Proposes terms for a permanent financial provision for each witness.

26 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3269

Letter from Daniel Horgan, Castlemagner, County Cork, Roman Catholic priest, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, refuting a report that 'has been lately been made to you of my conduct as calculated to excite the People to rebellion in my address to them on the subject of a school'. Refers to his request to withdraw Roman Catholic children from a school for the poor, established by the Cork Hibernian School Society, explaining the reason for his actions.

19 Dec 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3270

Letter from Julius C Besnard, Cork, County Cork, solicitor and secretary to the commissioners of wide streets for Cork city, to Sir Nicholas Conway Colthurst, MP for Cork city, concerning a petition sent by the commissioners to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, concerning the construction of Western Road in Cork city, and requesting a reduction in interest payments on their loan, to which they have received no response. Refers to the useful work of the commissioners in Cork, emphasising 'to what a state Cork has been reduced'; 'Being wholly a war port, it has suffered, with considerable aggravation, the consequences of the change produced by peace, and the sudden failure of the two Banks completed the distress', 26 September 1822. Also letter from Besnard to Colthurst, enclosing a new petition to the Lord Lieutenant, and a map respecting the work in question in Cork city [neither present - presumably forwarded by Colthurst to Dublin Castle], 17 October 1822. Also letter from Besnard to Colthurst, responding, as requested, with details on the subject of the commissioners' interest payments and their request for a grant of money, 30 November 1822.

26 Sep 1822-30 Nov 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3348

Letter from Honoria Hewson, cottage near Listowel, County Kerry, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, referring to the distress of the people, and requesting money to construct a road leading to a bog, this reducing the distance that the local poor must travel to obtain turf.

[18 Jun 1822]

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3349

Letter from Major Daniel Mahony, Killarney, County Kerry, brigade major of yeomanry for counties Cork, Kerry and Waterford, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on the improved spirit of the people, during his recent tour of inspection. Expresses concerns at the extent of distress prevalent in the countryside. Refers to work commenced to construct a road through the Gap of Dunloe, County Kerry. Notes that, 'this road, besides attracting the admiration of many to the Romantic scenery through which it passes, has the advantage of connecting the interior of a mountainous district of great extent with different market towns'. Requests government funds to complete the road, and thus offer employment to local labourers, 30 May 1822. Encloses copy of proceedings of a meeting of clergy, magistrates, and gentry in the town of Knockane, County Kerry, to consider ways of affording relief to the poor of the parish; meeting chaired by Reverend Edward Conyers, Church of Ireland rector of Knockane, 30 May 1822. Also letter from Mahony, to Alexander Mangin, chief clerk, civil department of Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, reiterating his reports of the 'deplorable situation of multitudes in the parish of Knockane', County Kerry. Emphasises the need to provide the people with 'the means to purchase oatmeal to prevent them from going into their potatoe [sic] Gardens early, which wou'd prolong the calamity to the ensuing year'. Renews his application for funds for a public work scheme to complete the road through the Gap of Dunloe, 4 June 1822. Also letter from Mahony to Mangin, concerning government money for the relief of the distressed inhabitants of Knockane. Urges an answer from government concerning the road at Dunloe.

30 May 1822-22 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3350

File of papers relating to investigation of charges made by Samuel Thomas Potter, concerning the 'infamous practices' of the post office at Mohill, County Leitrim, in particular concerning the conduct of its deputy post master, Berry Norris, and his assistant, John McCarroll. File contains sworn affidavits from locals in Mohill, concerning proceedings at the post office at Mohill; correspondence between the General Post Office and the Chief Secretary's Office at Dublin Castle, in particular concerning the stance of the Irish Post Masters General on the case; letters from Potter, detailing his efforts to gather the necessary witnesses to appear in corroboration of his charges, and urging that action be taken; and letters from Berry Norris, post master at Mohill. Includes letter from Thomas Orde Lees, General Post Office, Dublin, chief clerk of Irish Post Office, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, stating the opinion of the Irish Post Masters General on each of the charges made by Potter. Notes the 'frivolous' nature of the charges, 'brought forward not with a view to benefit the Public Service, but on the contrary to gratify a concealed private feeling…', April 1822. Also letter from Norris, Mohill, to Gregory, defending he and McCarroll against the charges and referring to Potter's influence in the area, 'being Tithe manager of two Parishes', 26 April 1822. Also letter from Sir Edward Smith Lees, GPO, Dublin, secretary to the Irish Post Masters General, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 14 January 1823, enclosing his lengthy report on the case, prepared for the Post Masters General, 30 November 1822, and also a copy of the legal opinion of Morgan Crofton, senior counsel to the Irish Post Office, concerning each of Potter's charges, 1 December 1822.

19 Mar 1822-31 Oct 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1822/3351

Letter from Reverend Robert Disney, Mitchelstown, County Cork, Church of Ireland rector of Mitchelstown to Richard Griffiths, civil engineer overseeing public works, 24 July 1822, enclosing copy of resolution passed at a meeting of the committee for managing the Mitchelstown poor fund, held 22 July 1822, and chaired by Disney; resolution expresses their recommendation of a new line of road between Mitchelstown and the market towns of Tallow and Lismore, County Waterford; signed by Disney and by William Fetherston, the committee's secretary. The resolution is accompanied by a statement of reasons for the committee's support for the road, including benefits to agriculture, provision of employment, and the discouragement of illicit distillation. Also letter from Disney, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 29 July 1822, enclosing petition of the inhabitants of Mitchelstown, recommending a public works scheme to construct the new road, and detailing its benefits; signed on behalf of the town, by Disney [29 July 1822].

22 Jul 1822-29 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3352

Letter from Nathaniel Evanson, Brookfield, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 29 July 1822, enclosing petition on behalf of the inhabitants of the parishes of Dorrus [Durrus] and Kilcrohane, in barony of west Carbery, County Cork, 'who suffer for want of employment and deficiency of food'. Requests that a new road be opened from the mail coach road leading into Bantry, to the foot of Dunmanus Bay. Emphasises that the scheme would provide employment, and facilitate access to Bantry, Dunmanway, Bandon and Cork city. Petition signed by local nobility and gentry, including Richard White, 1st earl of Bantry, and John Hyde, MP for Youghal town, County Cork.

29 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3353

Petition of Edward Deane Freeman, of Castle Cor [Castlecor], barony of Duhallow, County Cork, [incorrectly indexed by CSO clerk as 'SD Freeman'] to the central committee [for poor relief in County Cork] assembled at Cork, 18 July 1822, concerning work needed to enable access to a newly constructed bridge over the River Allo, including, a causeway at each side of the bridge. Requests the necessary funds to carry out the work, and to give employment to the area's 'distressed population', 17 July 1822 [presumably forwarded to Dublin Castle by the central committee].

17 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3354

Petition of Samuel Penrose, a magistrate of County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting funds for the completion of a public works scheme in the area which, to build a new road between the rivers Bride and Lee, 'of Essential advantage to the Agricultural Interest'.

1 Aug 1822

1822