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CSO/RP/1822/341

Letter from John Killaly, civil engineer, Ennis, County Clare, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, responding to query concerning a proposal for a road in County Tipperary, under the auspices of the public works scheme, from Henry Prittie, 2nd baron Dunalley: reiterates earlier reply that the project ‘does not at present call imperatively upon the Government for aid’ but indicates willingness to carry out a survey of the region should the Lord Lieutenant so wish; includes memorial from magistrates of County Tipperary to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, expressing desire for funding of new road from Nenagh to Burrisoleigh ‘which would not only confer a great public benefit, but by Giving Employment to the numerous and Distressed Poor, materially tend to the preservation of the Tranquility of that part of the Country’, signed by 38 individuals.

17 Aug 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/342

Letter from John Killaly, civil engineer, Ennis, County Clare, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, commenting upon proposals for a public works scheme to improve navigation along the River Suir between Clonmel and Carrick-on-suir, County Tipperary: on grounds of expense and utility, he considers works if carried out ‘in the most perfect manner’ and outlines means of making ‘a considerable improvement’ which he estimates would cost £2,700; also discusses prospect of making an inland cut or canal near the town of Carrick-on-suir, at estimated cost of £1,200.

16 Aug 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/343

Letter from John Killaly, civil engineer, Ennis, County Clare, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on the state of County Tipperary where he discovered great benefit had been derived from charitable aid from Government, the London Tavern and Mansion House Committee and by private subscription: he continues ‘The forward state and great luxuriance of the Harvest, at the saving of which the peasantry were then actively employed, held out the most flattering hopes to all, that the recurrence of famine or want in the ensuing season, was not to be apprehended in this part of the County of Tipperary’.

17 Aug 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/344

Letter from John Killaly, civil engineer, Ennis, County Clare, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, offering evaluation of proposal of ‘Birmingham’ for construction of a new road between Dublin and Limerick, intended to shorten the distance by twelve miles between the two cities: indicates that in the absence of a ‘proper surveys of the proposed lines & intended changes in the existing roads, it would be quite impossible for me to submit a satisfactory report to Government upon the feasibility of this project’; anticipates that as a result of the new line of communication Limerick ‘would very soon give way to the influence of the better stocked, and cheaper markets of the Metropolis’.

24 Aug 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/345

Return of men and horses employed on road repairs carried out as public works under presentments granted in the Spring assizes of County Clare, for period ending 19 July 1822, and for period ending 10 August 1822, produced by John Killaly, civil engineer, Ennis, County Clare: covers the baronies of Moyarta, Bunratty, Inchiquin, Clonderlaw, Tulla, Ibrickane, the Islands and the ‘County at large’.

24 Jul 1822-14 Aug 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/346

Note from Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, stating ‘Perhaps it might be useful to send Mr [Alexander] Nimmo instructions conformable to Mr [Richard] Griffiths’ plan, & to order him to carry them into effect. Consult Mr [William] Gregory. Also ask Mr Gregory whether it might not be desirable to avail myself of Lord Clancarty’s [Richard Le Poer Trench] assistance from who I have this day received a most excellent letter’.

[1822]

1822

CSO/RP/1822/347

Letter from Owen Wynne, MP, Hazelwood House, Sligo, County Sligo, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial from the commissioners for the improvement of the town and harbour of Sligo, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting grant of £6,000 for carrying on public works to make improvements to the harbour of Sligo and provide employment for the needy population: they stress their input in development of port, the expansion of mercantile trade and increase in number of vessels using the port since 1811, signed by Wynne and 26 other individuals; includes ‘Extract from the Report of Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer, on the present state of and means of improving the Port and Harbour of Sligo’; also includes letter from Henry John Temple, 3rd viscount Palmerston, Secretary at War, Star Court, London, England, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, in support of loan request and to observe ‘the projected improvement would be attended with much public advantage’.

20 Mar 1822-3 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/348

Letter from Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer, Dublin, to Alexander Mangin, clerk, Civil Department, Dublin Castle, offering observations respecting implementation of public works schemes in region of Connemara, County Galway: indicates intention to report on a road at Kinvarra, with a view to making repairs, as proposed by Arthur St George and comments upon prospect of new piers at Costelo [Costello] bay, Roundstone and Cleggan on the coast; includes letter from St George, Oranmore, Tyrone, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reflecting on several application for public works in the county and enclosing report of meeting of the union of Kilcolgan, requesting grant of £150 towards half cost of erection of new pier at Killeen, for benefit of local fisheries, and directing St George to apply to the Fishery Board for the other half of the total expenditure: they also request that St George and others apply for a sum of £100 needed for construction of a harbour at Raghneena [Rahaneena], signed by William M Bush, chairman.

10 Jun 1822-3 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/349

Letter from Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer, Dublin, to Alexander Mangin, clerk, Civil Department, Dublin Castle, offering opinion on report of Commissioners of Fisheries concerning the state of fishing piers and harbours on the west coast of Ireland: notes that the commissioners have limited funds at their disposal and advocates a greater advance of capital ‘in some important cases…especially in the distressed districts, and thereby not only immediate relief and employment given to the amount of the expenditure but a source also opend [sic] of future profitable occupation’.

10 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/350

Copy letter from Alexander Mangin, clerk, Civil Department, Dublin Castle, to Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer, Galway, County Galway, conveying the Lord Lieutenant’s approval of proposed public works in the county of Galway, and to sanction use of his ‘own discretion…in carrying on directly such Works as will most immediately check the distress which is represented so universally to prevail in that quarter’; includes letter from Nimmo to Mangin, reporting on the state of provisions in County Galway, and on the general state of living condition of the lower orders: he notes that ‘The number of mendicant poor in Galway at present is very great and fever I understand also prevails to an unusual degree in the town’; indicates he has received orders from the Fishery Board to commence construction of three piers in Connemara and recommends that the unemployed poor of the county ‘be employ’d in cutting turf’.

13 Jun 1822-14 Jun 1822

1822