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CSO/RP/1824/1951

Letter from Thomas Finlay, register and paymaster, Foundling Hospital, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, reporting that since 1 November 1822 application was received from just one child for admission to the hospital from County Limerick. Recites from hospital regulations that no child of more than 12 months of age can be taken in or given shelter, 13 January 1825. Encloses copy letter from Finlay to Goulburn, stating that admissions to the hospital from children outside Dublin are suspended during the Winter and Spring months on account of the death rate of children being transported from the country parts of Ireland. Remarks that a number of children referred to by Thomas Spring Rice, MP for Limerick, would have been admitted had application been made to the Foundling Hospital between 1 May and 20 November, 16 December 1824 [also draft of same with minor alterations]. Also letter from Rice to Goulburn, raising issue over lack of accessibility to the Foundling Hospital of Dublin and of the cost to the county of Limerick of maintaining deserted children, 27 November 1824.

27 Nov 1824-13 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/1952

Letter from Francis Johnston, architect, Architect's Office, Dublin Castle, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, conveying a list of 8 ‘well qualified’ builders, valuers and measurers, who are competent to inspect and assess houses in Dublin for minister’s money. Attaches asterisk to the names of Bryan Bolger and James Bolger of Little Longford Street, Dublin, the only Roman Catholics on the list, and persons recommended by William Saurin, late Attorney General of Ireland.

8 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1953

3 letters from Richard Burnett, 37 Crown Alley, Temple Bar, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, Dublin, lamenting his impoverished state and declining health. Requests a measure of financial aid and presses for return of a letter of recommendation from Mrs W Digges La Touche for medical assistance. Also letter from Burnett to Mrs Jane Goulburn, [Lodge], Phoenix Park, Dublin, stressing physical needs of himself and family and seeking a financial contribution. Solicits return of letter from Mrs La Touche as his access to medical aid depends upon it. Also letter from Mrs La Touche, [Stephen’s] Green, Dublin, to the physicians and surgeons of Dr Steven’s [Steevens] Hospital, Dublin, commending Burnett as ‘an object of great compassion’ [intended for presentation in person by Burnett].

cJan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/1954

File of papers relating to application for aid for new school house by Reverend Isaac Ashe, Church of Ireland rector of parish of Tamlaght Glebe, Moneymore, County Londonderry, and also outstanding personal claim on government by Ashe. Includes letter from Ashe to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, alluding to promises made to him by government to make provision in view of past loyalty [likely in connection with the 1798 Rebellion], 16 January 1825. Also includes letter from Ashe to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, explaining intention to erect a school in the parish and requesting an advance of £10 from government, 2 September 1825. Also includes memorial from Ashe to Wellesley, discussing progress of school house and seeking grant of financial aid to further work. Observes that at present the Sunday school is held in the church and is ‘most numerously attended both by scholars & gratuitous teachers’, 12 September 1825.

15 Jan 1825-15 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/1955

Letter from Thomas Kingsmill, 60 Queen Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, warning of Roman Catholic political aspirations in Ireland and the wider threat of Popery. Observes ‘The Jesuits under the Pope and his Council are sowing their seed in this Country, seed ever hostile to British peace’. Points to the activities of Daniel O’Connell and the leaders of the Catholic Association who act in unison with the priesthood, ‘all half Jesuits’. Claims their first objective is emancipation, then they will claim the churches and ecclesiastical revenue, and finally ‘to have every Protestant put out of office’. Claims to have given his support to government in two rebellions and remarks he has personally known the ‘sting’ of Popery in business.

14 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/1956

Letter from Thomas Sherrard and David Henry Sherrard, Blessington Street, Dublin, [surveyors], commissioners for making wide and convenient streets in the city of Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, discussing plans for creation of a new avenue leading to Marsh’s Library, Dublin. Proposes to exchange a part of their ground at the front of the police barracks on Lower Kevin Street, for a section of ground on the west side of that site measuring 20 feet wide. Requests approval for demolition of old stables and forge in order to complete the approach to the library. Also letter from Richard Ponsonby, [Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral], Deanery House, Dublin, to Goulburn, referring to communication with Alderman Frederick Darley, chief magistrate of police, Dublin, and indicating that government sanction is required to effect the removal of the old buildings on the proposed new avenue.

7 Jan 1825-10 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/1957

Letter from William Vesey Fitzgerald, MP for County Clare, Ennis, County Clare, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, requesting approval of plans to construct a new district bridewell at Kilrush. Indicates the grand jury of County Clare, have presented a sum of £800 for completion of the work and that sanction has been given by report of the inspectors general of prisons [Major James Palmer and Major Benjamin Blake Woodward, inspectors general of prisons].

12 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1824/1958

Letter from Alexander Bole, tradesman, Castlebar, County Mayo, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, requesting assistance with settlement of account for glazing work carried out at the barracks of Castlebar during October and December in 1822, and also in February and March 1823.

30 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1959

Letter from Bernard Duggan, Chapelizod, County Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, reflecting on past loyalty and offering to provide information on subversive activity in Ireland. Refers to his past resistance to Ribbonmen on account of which he has ‘suffered losses and confinement’ over the past 16 years. Observes to act in service of government it may be necessary for him travel to the west or north of Ireland but he prefers that his activities remain a secret. Also alludes to having travelled to Portugal and to France to obtain covert information on their naval and military capacity and claims he personally acted as advisor to the Duke of Wellington prior to his European campaign.

20 Dec 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1960

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel George Morris, governor, House of Industry, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, advancing claim to a salary of £500 per annum ‘without allowances’ as enjoyed by Major James Palmer, who previously acted as governor of the institution. Alludes to considerable responsibility attached to his post and adds ‘I have not been even one Day absent from the Institution’, 27 October 1824. Encloses extract from an act of George IV, Chap. 49 which stipulates that a salary of £500 per year is payable to the holder of governor of the House of Industry. Also letter from Morris to Goulburn, reiterating application to have a salary of £500 charged to the next quarterly accounts of the institution. Refers to incapacity of former governor, Richard Boyle, and his own performance of Boyle’s duties at a particular level of remuneration, 12 January 1825. Also printed copy of ‘An Act to amend the Laws relating to the House of Industry in Dublin’, dated 15 July 1820.

15 Jul 1820-12 Jan 1825

1825