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Record 191 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1825/191

TITLE:

Letter from Edward Fetherston, treasurer of County Westmeath, sending a return of wages paid to baronial police constables

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Edward Fetherston, treasurer of County Westmeath, Moate, County Westmeath, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing a return of wages paid to baronial police constables in County Westmeath. Mentions the names of individual constables and indicates salary paid; also notes those suspended for the duration of the Peace Preservation Act or are acting without pay.

EXTENT:

2 items; 4pp

DATE(S):

3 Oct 1824

DATE EARLY:

1824

DATE LATE:

1824

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1825/11160

Record 192 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1825/192

TITLE:

Letter from Richard Evans, County Wexford, seeking appointment as junior assistant in the accounts office

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Richard Evans, Wexford, County Wexford, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking appointment as junior assistant in the accounts office at Foster Place, Dublin. Recalls making application for inclusion on a appointments register, and indicates the present vacancy has came about due to the passing in death of Robert bates.

EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp

DATE(S):

27 Feb 1825

DATE EARLY:

1825

DATE LATE:

1825

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1825/11161

Record 193 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1825/193

TITLE:

Letter from Mathew Barrington, crown solicitor, Dublin, concerning an appeal by Margaret McCarthy, of County Cork, for justice following killing of her husband by mob

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Mathew Barrington, crown solicitor [Munster circuit], Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting on an application by Margaret McCarthy, [barony of West Carbery], County Cork, for implementation of justice against those involved in the killing of her husband, Denis McCarthy. Observes charges were not preferred due to the absence of key witnesses at the last assizes of Cork, but notes if such can be prevailed upon to attend the next hearing, a prosecution [for manslaughter] will be carried forward. Returns memorial from Margaret McCarthy to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, requesting assistance to have those charged with the killing of her husband tried in court. Recalls he lost his life while travelling home on the road from the town of Skibbereen, on 14 May 1823, when a stone thrown by someone in a mob under the leadership of Timothy and Thomas Sawney had fatal consequences.

EXTENT:

2 items; 5pp

DATE(S):

14 Jan 1825-12 Feb 1825

DATE EARLY:

1825

DATE LATE:

1825

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1825/11162

Record 194 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1825/194

TITLE:

Letter from Reverend Richard Going, Gowran, County Kilkenny, concerning succession to and husbandry of Dungarvan Glebe, County Waterford

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Reverend Richard Going, Church of Ireland curate of Dungarvan Glebe, [County Waterford], Gowran, County Kilkenny, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting to learn if an incumbent has been appointed to the living of Dungarvan and seeking advice on the husbandry of the glebe land attached to that parish, which if not attended to ‘will be lost for a year’ until a succesor is appointed. Observes he no longer holds the parish glebe ‘on account of the resignation of Mr [Reverend Peter] Roe’.

EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp

DATE(S):

1 Mar 1825

DATE EARLY:

1825

DATE LATE:

1825

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1825/11163

Record 195 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1825/195

TITLE:

Petition of Johanna Taylor, County Cork, seeking permission to travel on board the next female convict ship bound for New South Wales, Australia

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of Johanna Taylor, [also spells her name Johannah], Buttevant, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking sanction and aid to travel on board the next female convict ship bound for New South Wales, Australia. Conveys her husband, B[artholomew] Taylor, was transported to that destination under the Insurrection Act and she wishes to join him there with her family of 3 children.

EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp

DATE(S):

11 Feb 1825

DATE EARLY:

1825

DATE LATE:

1825

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1825/11164

Record 196 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1825/196

TITLE:

Petition of Margaret Dundas, widow, County Fermanagh, requesting appointment as matron to the lunatic asylum of County Armagh

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of Margaret Dundas, widow, Churchill, County Fermanagh, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment as matron and housekeeper to the lunatic asylum of County Armagh. Emphasises her qualification for the post and claims to have the support of Henry Cunningham, 1st Marquess Conyngham, the dean of Cork [Dr Robert Burrowes] and other high profile members of the gentry. Also letter from Dundas to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, repeating application for the post of matron at Armagh Asylum. Also encloses letter to Wellesley restating her credentials for the position, noting as yet she has not had a reply to her application; mentions her husband served as a yeomanry officer and stresses once more the calibre of her connections.

EXTENT:

3 items; 8pp

DATE(S):

25 Feb 1825-16 Mar 1825

DATE EARLY:

1825

DATE LATE:

1825

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1825/11165

Record 197 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1825/197

TITLE:

Petition of Ralph Higgins [Dublin], requesting appointment of his son to a position in the general post office or similar

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of Ralph Higgins, [care of James Campbell, 4 Lees Lane, Aston’s Quay, Dublin], to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment of his son Ralph Higgins Jr to a position in the general post office or similar. Conveys that he himself is a native of Trim, County Meath, and has served government in a military capacity, from 1782 to 1814. Mentions loyal military service of his son James and also that of his son John, who lost a leg in active service under the command of the Duke of Wellington [Arthur Wellesley] at Salamanca [July 1812]. Concludes that the loss of Reverend Elliott of Trim was a severe blow to the family.

EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp

DATE(S):

1 Mar 1825

DATE EARLY:

1825

DATE LATE:

1825

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1825/11166

Record 198 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1825/198

TITLE:

Directive concerning appointment of Lieutenant Colonel Neil Douglas as magistrate for County Kilkenny

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Directive [from CSO] stipulating that Lieutenant Colonel Neil Douglas of the 79th regiment [of foot] be recommended to the Chancellor of Ireland [Thomas Manners-Sutton, Lord Manners] for appointment as a magistrate to the county of Kilkenny. Instructs that a letter be sent to the crown solicitors [Thomas and William Kemmis] to prepare a commission and have it forwarded to Douglas in County Kilkenny.

EXTENT:

1 item; 1p

DATE(S):

8 Mar 1825

DATE EARLY:

1825

DATE LATE:

1825

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1825/11167

Record 199 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1825/199

TITLE:

File concerning contractual arrangements to supply gas to the city of Dublin

SCOPE & CONTENT:

File of material relating to contractual arrangements with the Hibernian Gas Light Company and the Dublin Gas Light Company to supply gas to the city of Dublin. Includes copy letter from Messrs Kemmis and Carmichael, crown solicitors, Dublin, to the commissioners for paving, cleaning and lighting the streets of Dublin, indicating a second approach was made to the Hibernian Gas Light Company and the Dublin Gas Light Company with a view to hastening execution of contracts to light the city of Dublin, 8 March 1825. Also includes letter from Major Alexander Taylor, Alderman Mark Bloxham and Thomas N Edgworth, commissioners for paving, Paving House, Mary Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing a copy letter from WH Porter, director, Hibernian Gas Light Company, 14 King’s Arms Yard, London, stating on 21 February a letter was addressed to the Chief Secretary of Ireland [Henry Goulburn] requesting further information on the number of lights to be installed under the contract but as yet no reply has been received. Confirms that as soon as a response is sent to the directors, they will ‘enter upon with energy’ their obligations under the agreement, 14; 16 March 1825.

EXTENT:

9 items; 23pp

DATE(S):

28 Feb 1825-16 Mar 1825

DATE EARLY:

1825

DATE LATE:

1825

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1825/11168

Record 200 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1825/200

TITLE:

Report by Richard Griffith on public works undertaken in the southern district of Ireland in the year 1824

SCOPE & CONTENT:

Report on the southern district of Ireland with details of work carried on at public expense during the year 1824 on roads and bridges in counties Cork, Limerick, and Kerry, by Richard Griffiths, civil engineer [southern district], Dublin. Remarks upon extent of work and stresses its economic and social value: ‘new houses of a better description are built, farms are drained, and in many cases manured with lime drawn from a distance’. Comments favourable on improvements in Newmarket and at Kanturk where the old distillery has been renovated, houses constructed and an inn built. Discusses some difficulties in executing the work, such as giving a fair allocation of employment to the labouring classes, plus the issue of procuring suitable stone. Refers to progress of principle lines of road from Newmarket to Listowel, from Newmarket to Charleville, and from Newcastle to Castleisland, and suggests propriety of making a forth line between Castleisland and Newmarket, Kanturk and Dromagh. Also comments on work undertaken on the road from Macroom to Glenflesk, the road through the Bogra Mountains, the road from Bantry to Skibbereen, the road from Limerick to Tralee, and the road through the vale of Arraglyn [Araglyn]; also mentions work in his district being completed by private contractors: the road from Castletown via Berehaven to Glengarriff, the road from Killarney to Kenmare, the road from Tralee to Dingle, plus work on the bridge over River Feale at Listowel. Incorporates at back of report an ‘Estimate of the Expense of completing the several Works that have been commenced in the Southern District under the 3rd George the 4th Chapter 34’.

EXTENT:

1 item; 17pp

DATE(S):

20 Feb 1825

DATE EARLY:

1825

DATE LATE:

1825

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

1825/11169

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