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CSO/RP/SC/1825/693

Letter from Richard Willcocks, inspector general of police [Munster], Cashel, County Tipperary, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, acknowledging a call from government for his district report and those of the chief constables under his direction. To this request, he undertakes to ‘pay immediate attention’.

20 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/694

Letter from Major George Warburton, inspector general of police for Connaught, Oatfield House, near Aughrim, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing a copy of a letter from [Rev ?] related to an incident [the murder of the servant of Mr Atkinson] made reference to in his letter of the 13th of December; also extracts of reports from the chief constable of police on same [none present].

23 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/695

Letter from Richard Willcocks, inspector general of police [Munster], Cashel, County Tipperary, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, conveying his intention of spending Christmas day with his family at Palmerston in County Dublin ‘after an absence of 6 months’.

23 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/696

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Wedderburn, military secretary, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, conveying details of an incident of faction disorder in the town of Newcastle [West] in County Limerick. Encloses copy letter from Major J Fleming, commander of the 22nd regiment of foot, Newcastle [West], reporting on the outbreak of a violent fight between two separate factions on the 26th of December. To begin with hostilities were demonstrated through throwing stones and peace was eventually restored through the united efforts of Alfred Furlong, magistrate, the police and a party of the 22nd regiment. A number of the principle agitators, he states, were taken into police custody and the remainder dispersed.

26 Dec 1825-28 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/697

Letter from Major George Warburton, inspector general of police for Connaught, Oatfield House, near Aughrim, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, calling attention to the use of the police barracks at Glanamada [Glennamaddy] in County Galway for religious service and requesting instructions from government on the propriety of such application. Encloses copy letter from Frederick Carr, chief constable of police at Dunmore, reporting the Roman Catholic parish priest of Glennamaddy met in the presence of a ‘numerous congregation’ in the town barracks for mass. Asks if the practice should be stopped on account of the risk of ‘disaffected persons’ getting hold of police firearms.

23 Dec 1825-28 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/698

Letter from Major George Warburton, inspector general of police for Connaught, Oatfield House, near Aughrim, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reflecting on the swift apprehension of the murderers of ‘Galvin’ in County Clare. He also makes reference to a warrant for a man [?Lieutenant Dowling] who is sought in his district in connection with the death of a man arising from a duel fought near Athlone in County Westmeath. Encloses copy letter [incomplete] from Lieutenant Cary [Carey], chief constable of police, Kilrush, County Clare, reporting on the murder of John Galvin [or Gahin] at a place called Glyn [Glen] in County Clare. Without loss of time, he states, 7 men were captured for the offence and the coroner’s inquiry has found three of them guilty ‘of wilful murder’.

27 Dec 1825-29 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/699

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Wedderburn, military secretary, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, conveying details of the murder of John Galvin in County Clare. Encloses copy letter from Lieutenant AW Pack, commander of the 84th regiment of foot, Kilrush, County Clare, reporting that John Galvin [or Gahin] was killed on the night of the 26th of December and his brother, Patrick Galvin, was ‘severely beaten about the head’ on the same occasion. Seven persons, he remarks, have been apprehended for the atrocity with a further suspect still at large. [See also description CSO/RP/SC/1825/698].

27 Dec 1825-29 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/700

Letter from Major George Warburton, inspector general of police for Connaught, Oatfield House, near Aughrim, County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reflecting on the murder of ‘Keane’ in County Galway on the 26th of December. Encloses copy letter from John H Daly, acting chief constable of police, Athenry, County Galway, reporting that Keane died from an injury received in an affray between the inhabitants of the town of Athenry and the ‘country people’. Two additional persons, he observes, were seriously injured in the riot and are ‘not expected to live’. Statements on the outrage were taken by the local magistrates and a coroner is expected to conduct an inquest in due course.

29 Dec 1825-30 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/701

Letter from Major George Warburton, inspector general of police for Connaught, Oatfield House, near Aughrim, County Galway, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reflecting on the state of the district under his control. Expresses his satisfaction ‘the Police System is working well’ and is effective in bringing to justice those who disturb the peace or engage in more serious crime. Makes reference to a report from chief constable Caldwell on the effective suppression of disorder in County Sligo [not present]. Encloses copy letter from William Coffey, chief constable of police, Tomgraney, County Clare, reporting on an arson attack on the residence of Daniel Molony at Shean [Sheeaun] near Scariff on the night of 27th of December. Molony, he observes, has ‘been shockingly persecuted’ over the past couple of years on account, he supposes, of his taking land upon which the former occupants were ‘ejected by Mr Sampson for non-payment of rent’. He comments also on the apprehension of John Wall, ‘a most notorious offender charged with Murder, Cow-stealing and several other offences’. This outlaw, he continues, was staying with a man named Burk [Burke] and was secured with the assistance of Henry Townsend, chief constable of police at Tulla, 28 December 1825. Also encloses copy letter from Thomas P Firman, chief constable of police, Eyrecourt, County Galway, indicating he has arrested an outlaw named ‘Carroll’ who is wanted for murder at Parsonstown [Birr] in King’s County [County Offaly]. States he found the suspect in the dwelling of his sister-in-law ‘concealed between two Beds & three women lying over him’. Confirms he has sought a warrant for his trial and imprisonment from Mr Furneyhough, a police constable of Parsonstown, 30 December 1825.

28 Dec 1825-31 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/702

Copy of regulations for the guidance of Ribbonmen or Rockites in Ireland, comprised of 9 separate points of instruction. Regulation number 5, for example, warns adherents ‘Not to lay one shilling out in any Heretickeal [sic] place’, while regulation number 9, exhorts affiliates to ‘fight Knee deep in Protestant blood’ for the sake of the honour Roman Catholic church 'When the day comes'.

[1825]

1825