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CSO/RP/OR/1830/520

Letter from [Henry] P L’Estrange, magistrate, Clogher, King’s County [County Offaly], to Sir Francis Leveson Gower, [Chief Secretary], Dublin Castle, enclosing affidavit by Hugh Connor before four magistrates, giving evidence against John Trassy, William Cannon and William Horan for an outrage committed against Connor and Sergt Heffernan. Also, draft reply by [Dublin Castle] with the Attorney General’s advice regarding bail.

12 Jan 1830-[20] Mar 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/521

Letter from George Lloyd, Mount Catherine [Mountcatherine, County Clare], [post town] Castleconnel [Castleconnell, County Limerick], to William Gregory, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], making arrangements for paying a certain Vaughan for his services.

27 Feb 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/522

Letter from George Lloyd, Mount Catherine [Mountcatherine, County Clare], [post town] Castleconnel [Castleconnell, County Limerick], to William Gregory, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], enclosing three affidavits by William Glynn, blacksmith, Ardnacrusha, [County Clare], one against Thomas Quane and Michael Dea, servant, for an attack on policeman Hiliard; the second against Thomas Brazill, [] Coughlan, publican, Patrick Hehir and Patrick Quinlivan for an outrage in reprisal for an eviction; the last against John Sheehan and Michael Molony for the murder of Daniel Collins. Also, annotation by Richard W Greene, [legal advisor, Dublin], telling Lloyd to use his own discretion seeing that Glynn is not trustworthy.

12 Mar 1830-25 Mar 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/523

File of correspondence regarding an attack on Edward Leeson, labourer, Ballymahon, [County Longford], and his need for government protection. Includes letters from Edward Tierney, [crown solicitor], 15 Fitzwilliam Street, [Dublin], James Maffett, magistrate, Ballymahon, David O’Donoghue, magistrate, Maryborough [Portlaoise, County Laois], [Samuel] Alworthy, Chief Constable, Ballymahon, also a memorial by Leeson to Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke Northumberland, [Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Dublin], showing that the men accused by Leeson were acquitted; Tierney recommends enabling Leeson to emigrate.

26 Apr 1830-27 Sep 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/524

Two letters from [Daniel Toler] Osborne, [magistrate], Curristown, [County Westmeath], to William Gregory, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], reporting the murder of Patrick Lawless, labourer, presumably for having taken land on Mr Berry’s property; enclosing letter from Charles Ormsby, Chief Constable, Kilbeggan, [County Westmeath], stating that they are searching for Lawless’s murderer Peter Leery; also mentioning outrages enacted against John Daly and James Connell. Further, enclosing proceedings of an inquisition by Bernard Maguire, coroner, on Lawless’s murder, naming jury members, stating that Leery and an unknown person committed the act; with statements from witnesses Mathew Fleming, Edward Keary, Patrick Maher, Michael Keegan, Samuel A Duigan, James and Patrick Farrell; arranging for a reward to apprehend suspects. [Contains list of names not given in this description.]

19 May 1830-30 May 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/525

File of correspondence regarding an attack on [Rev] William Lee, Rector, Mealiffe [Moyaliff] Glebe, Thurles, [County Tipperary]. Includes letters from Maj William Miller [Inspector General], Fermoy, [County Cork] and G Fitzgerald, [magistrate], Cashel, [County Tipperary], to William Gregory, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], also enclosing letters from Lee, P Carroll, Chief Constable, Borrisoleigh, [County Tipperary], and John Willcocks, Sub-Inspector, Cashel, [County Tipperary]. Miller eventually reports the arrest of the suspect Roger Dwyer, former servant to Lee; also referring to Lee’s murdered predecessor [Rev] Going. Independently, Carroll also refers to his arresting two men for the robbery of a certain Duggan.

15 Jul 1830-27 Jul 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/526

File of correspondence regarding a food riot in Limerick, [County Limerick], providing vindication for the conduct of George Drought, police magistrate. Includes correspondence from George Drought, [magistrate], and Joseph Goslett, Chief Clerk, Police Office, Limerick, to William Gregory, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], enclosing a copy of ‘The Limerick Evening Post and Clare Sentinel’ and providing Drought’s own reports; memorial signed by [] Harvey, Mayor of Limerick and chair, Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, Limerick, to Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke Northumberland, [Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Dublin], complaining that the police authorities did not act with sufficient force; also, further letters in Drought’s defence by Maj Gen Sir Edward Blakeney, JN Russell, flour merchant, Limerick, describing how Drought saved his sons Thompson and Richard Russell, and his mill, and letters enclosed by Blakeney from Augustus Coyle, his aide de camp, and [Assistant Deputy Master General Ward], Limerick. Moreover, includes printed handbills advertising Russell’s flour, and referring to a meeting of magistrates called to provide relief the day after the riot occurred. Naming other store keepers in town as [Tool] Gabbett, Hogan, Erson, Shea, and Caswell. A letter from [Thomas Philips] Vokes, [magistrate], Limerick, reports on a parallel riot on Erson’s mills, Askeaton, describing magistrate Mr Hunt’s efforts.

25 Jun 1830-14 Jul 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/527

Two letters from Maj Thomas D’Arcy, Inspector General [for Ulster], Holly Hill, Strabane, [County Tyrone], to Sir Henry Hardinge, [1st Viscount Hardinge, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle], enclosing letters from FH Nesbitt, Chief Constable, Donegal, [County Donegal], and Henry Ross Irwin, Chief Constable, Ballyshannon, [County Donegal], on the murder of John and Martha Lytle, and the arrest of James, Patrick and Alexander Stewart; also mentioning witness William Wray, servant to the Lytles, and Rev J Walsh, magistrate.

7 Sep 1830-11 Sep 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/528

Letters from G Fitzgerald, [magistrate], Cashel, [County Tipperary], and Michael Lidwill, [magistrate], Beakston [House], [Thurles, County Tipperary] and Black Rock [Blackrock, County Dublin], to Sir Henry Hardinge, [1st Viscount Hardinge, Chief Secretary] and Lieut Col [Sir William] Gosset, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], regarding a robbery at Beakston House, with an affidavit by John Hodgens, blacksmith, against James Grace, and later also implicating [] Keating; with Lidwill and Fitzgerald pleading for protection for Hodgens. Mentioning that James Grace’s brother was executed for the murders of Chadwick and Mara.

2 Sep 1830-28 Feb 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1830/529

Letter from John Lynch, Chief Constable, Portumna, [County Galway], to Sir Henry Hardinge, [1st Viscount Hardinge, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle], reporting an outrage against John Corcoran, after he received a threatening letter signed ‘Captain Thunderbolt’.

24 Sep 1830

1830