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CSO/RP/OR/1831/11

Letter from Maj Gen Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, [assistant adjutant general], Athlone, [County Westmeath], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, enclosing an anonymous account of outrages committed in the neighbourhood of Kells in County Meath; listing attacks on dwellings in search of arms, a severe assault of a police sergeant and beatings; also referring to the blatant disregard for Sunday by shop owners and publicans.

26 Feb 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/12

Letters from Henry Alcock, magistrate, Waterford, [County Waterford], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, on the subject of resistance to the payment of church rates in the city of Waterford; noting the distribution of placards by the ‘Householders Club’ and enclosing an affidavit from William Acteson, collector of parish cess for the union of St Patrick’s, detailing local opposition to the church rates and other taxes; referring to the influence of local Roman Catholic priests and the opposition of the ‘Householders Club’. Also enclosing affidavit of Samuel Edgar Bowman, discussing the proceedings of the ’Householders Club’.

7 Mar 1831-16 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/13

File of documents concerning opposition to the payment of church rates in the city of Waterford, [County Waterford], and the machinations of the ’Householders Club’. Includes letter from Henry Ask, Ashbrook, Londonderry, [County Londonderry; Derry], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, referring to a letter from Richard [?Gilly], Dungarvan, drawing attention to the resistance offered by members of the ’Householders Club’; requesting legal advice. Also includes letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Gosset, discussing a placard posted in Waterford and indicating he has instructed George Rutland, Chief Constable, Tramore, to look further into the matter. Also includes printed handbill declaring the parish rates as illegal: ‘Do not pay them’. Also copies of the newspaper the ‘Waterford Chronicle’ with various articles on the issue of resistance to church rates; also copy of the ‘Waterford Mirror’.

19 Jun 1830-9 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/14

Letter from Rev John Armstrong, Kiltoom Glebe, [County Roscommon], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, expressing a hope for appointment as magistrate of County Roscommon and asking that the matter be advanced; calling attention to the spread of outrage and the influence of Captain Rock; noting the burning of the school house and the refusal in some districts to sow agricultural ground.

28 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/15

Letter from John Armstrong, [magistrate], Chaffpool, Ballymote, [County Sligo], to an unnamed recipient [but likely the Chief Secretary’s Office], recommending the appointment of John Grey to the police establishment of Ireland; indicating he has given useful information on the leaders of the Ribbonmen and could not return home with safety.

31 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/16

Letter from Sir James Caleb Anderson, Buttevant Castle, County Cork, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, explaining that he was prevented from paying respects to the Lord Lieutenant last week due to a death in his wife’s family; asking when the Lord Lieutenant is expected to return from his visit to County Clare.

3 Apr 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/17

Letter from Maj Gen Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, [assistant adjutant general], Ennis, [County Clare], to an unnamed recipient [but likely the Chief Secretary’s Office], drawing attention to the troubled state of the tenantry on the estates of Lord Clancarty [William Thomas Le Poer Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty] and that of O’Hara; noting that Capt [Bartholomew] Warburton, Police Magistrate, County Galway, will report on the matter. Also memorandum on the measures being taken by Lord Clancarty at Limehill and O’Hara’s at Cloncastle and [Duniry], to counteract the spirit of insubordination in the wider district; noting that O’Hara intends to employ a military party to assist with the maintenance of peace.

9 Apr 1831

1829

CSO/RP/OR/1831/18

Letter from Maj Gen Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, [assistant adjutant general], Ennis, [County Clare], to [Gen] Sir Frederick Stovin, Military Secretary, Royal Hospital, [Kilmainham], Dublin, reporting on the intervention of sections of the military in a distraining matter at the town of Tulla in County Clare; remarking that 30 head of cattle found trespassing were taken to the pound; reflecting on the doubtful legality of the action.

27 Apr 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/19

Letter from Christopher Taaffe, Athleague, County Roscommon, to Sir William Gosset, [Under Secretary], enclosing a memorial from the magistrates, clergy and inhabitants of the town and district of Athleague to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, requesting that a military force be stationed in their town to prevent further outrage; complaining that the labourers are driven out of the fields by armed men, houses are broken into, and thefts and beatings have taken place; lamenting that promised military aid by the 68th Light Infantry failed to materialise, although a barracks was provided; signed by c40 men.

3 May 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/20

Letter from Samuel Alworthy, [Chief Constable], Ballymahon, [County Longford], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting that several outrages were committed by Rockites in the parish of Cashel; remarking that a number of houses were broken into and individuals intimidated; noting attacks on John Madden, William Delaney, James Fox, Patrick Dodd, Patrick Mulvihill, James and Patrick Gilmore and Patrick Moran, chiefly in connection with enforcement of debt dues; suspecting that the perpetrators crossed the River Shannon in boats.

25 May 1831

1831