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CSO/RP/1824/1061

Letter from [Thomas Ellis], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, indicating approval of application of James Supple, half pay lieutenant, of Ballyenesy [Ballyhennessy], Listowel, County Kerry, as being worthy of ‘most favourable consideration’. Also memorial from Supple to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, making recommendation for appointment of nephew Pierse Eggels to the baronial police of Ireland; stresses Eggels service to the crown while engaged with the Ballylongford corps of yeomanry ’during the late Insurrection and disturbance’ and emphasises his ‘fitness, loyalty & Eligibility’; Supple also refers to his own military service and that of his two sons.

13 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1062

Petition of Michael Turpin, Ballylongford, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the police establishment of Ireland; acknowledges the inclusion of his name for the office of chief constable by government but seeks in the interim period the position of constable or sub constable in any part of the country. Encloses copy certificate in favour of Turpin, signed by a number of individuals including officers of the Ballylongford infantry with whom Turpin serves as private. Also three memorials from Turpin to Wellesley repeating his application for a post in the police establishment on account of his difficult personal ‘circumstances’.

30 Aug 1822-31 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1063

Petition of John McElligott, Kilrush, County Clare, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the police establishment of any county in Ireland. Remarks he acted as [black] smith in the town to the police force under Major George Warburton, chief magistrate, and stresses ‘he has ever been instrumental in the suppression of disloyalty’.

14 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1064

Petition of Luke Flinn [Flynn], Kilrush, County Clare, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the police establishment of Ireland. Refers to attempts to secure the position through direct contact with the County Clare magistrates but without success; also claims to have served king and country in the Kilkenny and South Cork Regiment [of Foot]f militia for a period of 11 years. Also memorial from Flinn to Wellesley seeking a position of employment working as foreman on one of the public works projects ‘in the ordnance, or Barrack Department’; indicates he has amassed experience over a number of years on ‘His Majesty’s works on the different Stations on the lower [River] Shannon’.

14 Jul 1824-25 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1065

Letter from Sir Edward Smith Lees, secretary, General Post Office, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, indicating in response to a claim from Susanah Frances O’Keefe, in connection with the loss of a marriage jointure that he ‘is not apprized of the Merits of this case’. Returns memorial from O’Keefe, widow, 79 Long Acre, parish of St Martin in the Fields, County Middlesex, England, to ‘the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled’ seeking redress and compensation over the loss of the jointure due to her, the income of which was drawn out of the turnpike road between Clonmel, County Tipperary, and Doneraile, County Cork, which were appropriated by government for use of the Royal Mail; asserts the property in question was held by lease to her father in law, Menas O’Keefe, of Farrahy [Farrihy], County Limerick, and passed to her by virtue of a settlement upon marriage to his son, Dixon O’Keefe; complains that despite support for her claims from a number of key gentry including Lord Landaff [Francis James Mathew] and Lord Lismore [Cornelius O'Callaghan] no recompense has yet been paid. Also letter from O’Keefe, London, to Lieutenant Colonel Meyrick Shawe, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, emphasising her claim for redress and lamenting the expense of attempting to pursue the matter in Parliament.

4 Jun 1824-13 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1066

Petition of George Turner, late sub constable of police, [barony of Lower Ormond, County Tipperary], 43 Usher’s Quay, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting reinstatement to a position in the police following suspension from duty. Appeals for restoration of his status as sub constable or appointment to another post on grounds of personal security ‘being an Englishman and a Stranger in the Country’ and having previously served with the 3rd Regiment of Foot at Naas in County Kildare.

21 Jun 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1067

Petition of George Allen Sr, Tarbert, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting assistance with a claim against Patrick Connor, whom he agreed to nominate to a situation in the baronial police, upon receipt of three annual payments of £6 6s 8d. Claims to have served as constable in the county but was ‘over the stipulated age’ for enrollment in the new police constabulary but exercised his right to nominate a successor; with copy agreement between Allen and Connor appended to base.

2 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1068

Letter from John Leslie Foster, [Commissioner of Education], 28 [Mercer] Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, suggesting that Mr Hatchell call on Mr Pauncefote at 28 Merrion Street [Dublin] to facilitate transmission of temporary aid. [Possibly Robert Pauncefote, secretary to the London Committee for the Relief of the Distressed Irish].

14 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1069

Letter from Mathew Barrington, crown solicitor [Munster circuit], Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting that John Raymond, magistrate, is not entitled to any portion of the reward for apprehending James Bridgeman, one of the murderers of Major Richard Going; he acknowledges the contribution of Raymond, ‘a very active Magistrate of the County of Kerry’, as a witness in the case and recommends payment to him of ‘any additional expenses’ that might be owing. Also letter from Raymond, Sea Lodge, County Kerry, to Goulburn, outlining the case for payment of reward upon the capture of Bridgeman; admits that the time of apprehension fell outside the period stipulated by the proclamation but advances his claim on the basis of time expended in the pursuit of Bridgeman and exposure to ‘personal danger’.

9 Jul 1824-17 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1070

Letter from JG Richards, high sheriff of Wexford, Wexford, County Wexford, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting advice on the placement of sentries in the county gaol of Wexford which is at present being repaired. Explains the external walls of the jail are almost completely removed and seeks resolution of a regulatory difficulty prohibiting positioning of a sentry ‘within communication of the Prisoners’.

12 Jul 1824

1824