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CSO/RP/OR/1830/251

Letter from Edward Tierney, [crown solicitor], 15 Fitzwilliam Street, [Dublin], to William Gregory, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], enclosing documents showing how Francis Devlin, [posing as] Revenue Officer, Kilsally, [Kilsalley, County Tyrone], obtained payments under false pretences from Patrick Connolly, James Corregan, and others, promising posts in the police force. Also, affidavit by William Douglas, printer, Dungannon, on having printed a false royal proclamation aiding Devlin’s scheme, including a printed copy.

13 Oct 1830-12 Nov 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/252

Letter from John [] Daly, acting Chief Constable, Oranmore, [County Galway], to Sir Henry Hardinge, [1st Viscount Hardinge, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle], on an outrage against Michael Dooley.

26 Nov 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/253

Two letters from Maj Thomas D’Arcy, Inspector General [for Ulster], Holly Hill, Strabane, [County Tyrone], to William Gregory, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], enclosing letters from JL Griffin, Chief Constable, Hillsboro [Hillsborough, County Down], regarding a large meeting at Shane Hill, [County Down] which Henry Hamilton, magistrate and agent to Mr A Stewart, not attended but which was peacefully dispersed. Also, a letter from [Col] W Blacker, Carrick, post town Portadown [County Armagh], to Gregory, with news of a meeting against high rents which mentioned Hamilton, as also Mr Handcock, agent to Mr Brownlow; referring to an attack in 1772 on [] Johnston, Gilford, [County Armagh], to a certain Brown, Waringstown, [County Down], and to James Foote, [Banville]. D’Arcy further comments on the lack of policemen for further reinforcements.

17 Nov 1830-2 Dec 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/254

Letters from Nicholas Charles Whyte, High Sheriff, Loughbrickland, and [], Governor of County Down, Ballyleidy, [County Down], to William Gregory, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], referring to a meeting of magistrates held in consequence of a meeting on Shane Hill, [County Down], enclosing resolutions by eleven magistrates, petitioning government for reinforcements for Gilford, [County Armagh] and a new police station at Dromilin Hill, [Drumlin, County Down]. [Contains list of names not given in this description.]

29 Nov 1830-6 Dec 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/255

Letter from Maj Thomas D’Arcy, Inspector General [for Ulster], Holly Hill, Strabane, [County Tyrone], to William Gregory, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], enclosing letter from David Duff, Chief Constable, Dungannon, [County Tyrone], on how an altercation between Orange marchers and Catholics, the latter including a certain Campbell, escalated into a riot by the Orangemen in [Maghery, County Armagh].

22 Nov 1830-24 Nov 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/256

Letter from Maj Thomas D’Arcy, Inspector General [for Ulster], Holly Hill, Strabane, [County Tyrone], to William Gregory, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], enclosing two letters from David Duff, Chief Constable, Dungannon, [County Tyrone], reporting on meetings about the repeal of the Union, and a collection by a Roman Catholic priest for forwarding a repeal petition to Parliament. Further, a copy letter from [Peyton] Sheals, Chief Constable, Cootehill, [County Armagh], seemingly also forwarded by D’Arcy, on an outrage against James McMillen, Cappa, and on informations gathered from John Toole.

20 Nov 1830-25 Nov 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/257

Letter from George Drought, [magistrate], Limerick, [County Limerick], to William Gregory, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], enclosing a monthly account of expenses [not extant], and a report of outrages for October, listing the districts, their commanding constables and the types of outrages which occurred, noting that there were only two incidents of an insurrectionary nature. [Contains list of names not given in this description.]

31 Oct 1830-9 Nov 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/258

Letter from Maj Thomas D’Arcy, Inspector General [for Ulster], Holly Hill, Strabane, [County Tyrone], to William Gregory, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], enclosing letter from William Crossley, Chief Constable, Maghera, [County Armagh], reporting on an outrage against Joseph Clarke, [Dramuck, County Armagh].

26 Nov 1830-29 Nov 1830

1830

CSO/RP/OR/1830/259

File of correspondence regarding an outrage against Martin Delany, Mountrath, [County Laois], whose ears were cropped by a number of men, and the crown witnesses in the case. Includes correspondence between Sir John Harvey [Inspector General, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny], enclosing letters from Lieut Col D O’Donoghue, Portarlington and Maryborough [Portlaoise, County Laois], and with copy of an anonymous letter to men convicted for the crime, listing Patrick Hebets, Peter Delany, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Michael Barn; later also mentioning Thomas McManus who turned crown witness. Also, letter from Piers Geale, crown solicitor, Mountjoy Square, [Dublin], and copy replies from Gregory, arranging for protection of crown witnesses, and with O’Donoghue, to Lieut Col [Sir William] Gosset, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], asking to be reimbursed for advancing subsistence [to crown witnesses].

17 Nov 1830-7 Jun 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1830/260

Letter from Maj Thomas D’Arcy, Inspector General [for Ulster], Holly Hill, Strabane, [County Tyrone], to William Gregory, [Under Secretary, Dublin Castle], forwarding copy letter from W Crossley, Maghera, [County Armagh], reporting on an outrage against Joseph Lambert, former gamekeeper on Mr Henderson’s estate, Rocktown, [County Armagh], who was then on his deathbed and has since died.

1 Dec 1830-4 Dec 1830

1830