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CSO/RP/1822/431

Copy of printed resolutions of Central Committee of County Sligo outlining provisions for relief of the poor: includes names of committee members, and details of intended action, for example ‘That application be made to Government for a sum of Money to enable the Committee to employ the Poor in Making and Repairing Roads, and that our High Sheriff be requested to proceed to Dublin forthwith for the purpose’.

30 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/432

Letter from William Henry Stackpole, Lifford, County Donegal, to Michael William Troy, honorary secretary, Committee for Irish Relief Fund, London, England, reporting on general provision of poor relief and extent of food supplied to particular districts in County Clare: encloses reports from baronies of Bunratty, Burren, Corcomroe, Clonderalaw, Inchiquin, the Islands and Tulla, which include detailed information on distribution of foodstuffs, number of persons supplied, expenditure and observations; also includes summary of baronial reports for County Clare, week ending 22 June 1822, with data on baronies of Ibrickan and Moyarta.

1 Jun 1822-22 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/433

Letter from P Singer and Hugh O’Connor, secretaries, committee of management for the relief of distressed districts in Ireland, Mansion House, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, conveying resolution of committee to provide information on proceedings in interview with Under Secretary; includes statement respecting alleviation of distress with observation ‘that employment of the people (whereby they may be enabled to purchase provisions), shall be blended with the means for supplying their wants at the ordinary prices of food’.

18 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/434

Letter from Thomas Spring Rice, MP, City of London Tavern, England, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, offering observation on relief of distress in Ireland and requesting advance of relevant information to the London committee: he adds ‘The committee does not at present apply itself to the subject of the progress of fever in Ireland because they feel a confidence from the past efforts of the Irish Government that steps may be taken to provide against so urgent a danger’; includes names of committee and resolution to communicate with Goulburn; also includes draft letter from the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, to Rice, indicating that distress prevails in counties Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Galway and comments upon terms of relief.

8 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/435

Letter from William Mylne, shipping merchant, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, respecting his part in purchase of potatoes for Irish poor: also relays ‘there is a very large stock of foreign Oats in this place not under bond – which would be very suitable for the Irish Market if required’.

10 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/436

Letter from P Besnard, Limerick, County Limerick, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, referring to plight of the poor of Limerick county and suggesting that a supply of flax seed be distributed ‘gratis’ among the lower orders, an initiative that would both lift them out of poverty and provide much needed employment.

15 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/437

Petition of James Flaherty, clothier, Mill Street, Ennis, County Clare, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting advance of £100 to support his manufacturing concern: claims that he normally engages ‘ten men at work at broad and narrow looms, likewise a number of woman to spin for the looms’.

17 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/438

Letter from Edward Thrackston, St Mary’s, Scilly Islands, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing copy letter to James Edward Gordon, honorary secretary, Duke Street, St James, London, England, reflecting on exertions to establish relief through employment on Scilly Islands, with reference to fisheries and provision of emergency marine services.

28 Nov 1820-21 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/439

Letter from Reverend C Seymour, Clifden, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, acknowledging receipt of £200 for relief of ‘poor peasantry’, which he wishes to have now advanced by post ‘in half notes’; includes letter from Seymour to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, reflecting on physical needs of poor of Connemara and noting, with respect to local fundraising efforts, ‘the whole am[oun]t put into my hands by subscrip[tion]s and collections did not exceed £21.0.0 with this small sum I opened a soup shop’.

20 May 1822-24 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/440

Outline of grants made by the commissioners for the relief of the poor, mainly for western and southern counties, for period up to June 1822: indicates in tabular format name of recipient, place to which grant applies and total amount paid; includes reports of progress made in distribution of potatoes using Irish canals, for mid June 1822; also includes printed table showing distribution of imported potatoes to western regions of Ireland, with name of vessel, quantity of cargo and to whom assigned.

25 May 1822-26 Jun 1822

1822