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CSO/RP/OR/1831/1561

Statement of outrages committed in County Meath, in the province of Leinster, during the whole twelve months of the year 1831; detailing various types of outrages such as discharge of gunshots, arson, levelling of fences, theft, intimidation, house attacks, plunder of firearms, destruction of farm implements, discharge of gunshots, levelling of dwelling houses, arson, beating, enforcement of labour rates, illegal assembly, injury to livestock, destruction of trees, ejection of farm labourers, rape, assault, illegal rescue of stock and the posting of threatening Rockite notices; with some observations affixed by Col Sir John Harvey [inspector general of police for province of Leinster]. Includes report of John Henderson, Chief Constable, Navan, conveying that an attack was made on the dwelling house of Christopher Commons of Belaghstown [Bellewstown]; observing the thieves got away with 225 gold sovereigns and other items of personal property; dated 16th of January. Also includes report of Henderson, remarking the windows of several householders in the town of Navan were broken ‘in consequence of not illuminating for Mr [Daniel] O’Connell’s acquittal of some charges lately preferred against him’ [likely a charge of conspiracy]; dated 15th of February. Also includes report of Hill J Walsh, Chief Constable, Duleek, stating that Constable Preston and his party of police came under attack by a mob of insurgents following capture of ‘a still and worm’ in the vicinity of Drumcondra; remarking the attackers ‘took Preston’s Cap, bayonet & handcuffs & rescued four prisoners which they had in custody’; dated 17th of December. [Contains list of names not given in this description].

Jan 1831-Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1562

Statement of outrages committed in Queen’s County [County Laois; Leix], in the province of Leinster, during the whole twelve months of the year 1831; detailing various types of outrages such as abduction, murder, killing or injury to livestock, anti-tithe agitation, theft of timber, desertion of an infant, injury to property, house attacks, beating, theft, rape, intimidation of farm labourers, plunder of firearms, destruction of farm implements, injury to fruit trees, levelling of dwelling houses, arson, discharge of gunshots, murder, attempted rescue, damage to a forge, levelling of fences, administration of illegal oaths and the posting of threatening Rockite notices; with some observations affixed by Col Sir John Harvey [inspector general of police for province of Leinster]. Includes report of Wade Foott, Chief Constable, Abbeyleix, conveying that a server of summons for church tax near Durrow was ‘violently assaulted and forced to eat some of the summonses’; dated 16th of March. Also includes report of WH Jones, Chief Constable, Borris in Ossory, drawing attention to the appearance of a threatening notice at Anatrim ordering that no Brunswick schools are to be allowed in the district and warning the master to depart; dated 19th of April. Also includes report of Foott, remarking that Rev [Arthur] Newcombe was served with a threatening notice on account of his preaching ‘against priests or Popery’; dated 17th of April. Also includes report of Jones, stating that a theft took place in the orchard of Mr Neill of Coolaine [Coolrain]; observing the thieves got away with 1300 apples; dated 6th of October. [Contains list of names not given in this description].

Jan 1831-Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1563

Statement of outrages committed in County Westmeath, in the province of Leinster, during the whole twelve months of the year 1831; detailing various types of outrages such as highway robbery, beating, plunder of firearms, rescue of crops, violent intimidation, discharge of gunshots, levelling of houses, arson, killing or injury to livestock, assault, injury to property, intimidation of farm labourers, use of seditious language, theft, damage to a forge, release of livestock from a pound, turning up of ground, riot, murder, turning out of cattle, destruction of turf and trees, murder, house breaking, anti-tithe agitation, drowning, administration of illegal oaths, and the posting of threatening Rockite notices [primarily for the purpose of regulating wage rates, controlling land tenure or expelling certain individuals]; with some observations affixed by Col Sir John Harvey [inspector general of police for province of Leinster]. Includes report of Lieut HW Thompson, Mullingar, stating that a number of threatening notices have been posted in the town of Mullingar warning people not to deal with a shopkeeper named Headen who refused to subscribe to the [Daniel] O’Connell fund; dated 16th of January. Also includes report of John Forde, Chief Constable, Loughnavally, remarking that a party of insurgents assaulted and mistreated the sexton of the church at Churchtown; adding he was warned ‘to quit the place or turn to Mass’; dated 20th of January. Also includes report of Lieut Thomas Porter, Chief Constable, Ballinalack, drawing attention to the death of an infant child of Bridget Farrell whom was discovered ‘with marks of violence’ in the church yard of Stonehall; observing that ‘suspicion rests’ on the father who is named Clinton; dated 23rd of May. [Contains list of names not given in this description].

Jan 1831-Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1564

Statement of outrages committed in County Wexford, in the province of Leinster, during the whole twelve months of the year 1831; detailing various types of outrages such as anti-tithe agitation, illegal hurling matches, theft, killing or injury to livestock, agitation for repeal of the union, arson, rescue of livestock, sectarian and political tensions, arson, murder, circulation of seditious ballads, killing or injury to livestock, illegal assemblies, attacks on process servers, beating, assault, house breaking, anti-tithe agitation and the posting of threatening notices; with some observations affixed by Col Sir John Harvey [inspector general of police for province of Leinster]. Includes report of William Ball, Chief Constable, Arthurstown, stating that windows of the church at Tintern were broken with stones; remarking it is suspected that the act was perpetrated by a number of intoxicated young men returning home on St Patrick’s night; dated 17th of March. Also includes report of Ball, Oulart, remarking that a woman named Jane Bryan, living in the district of Wells, has been placed in the gaol of Wexford on the suspected charge of ‘murder of her infant child’; dated 25th of May. Also includes report of CH Tuckey, Chief Constable, Taghmon, drawing attention to the disruptive influence of itinerant ballad singers; complaining of the distribution of ‘inflammatory Ballads’ in the district; dated 23rd of May. [Contains list of names not given in this description].

Jan 1831-Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1565

Statement of outrages committed in County Wicklow, in the province of Leinster, during the whole twelve months of the year 1831; detailing various types of outrages such as robbery, arson, assault, rape, theft of timber, murder, cattle or sheep stealing, discharge of gunshots, plunder of firearms, pound breaking, injury to horses or cattle, levelling of dwelling houses, murder, anti-tithe agitation and the posting of threatening notices [little detail is provided]; with some observations affixed by Col Sir John Harvey [inspector general of police for province of Leinster]. Includes report of Lieut Francis Smyth Young, Chief Constable, Tinahely, stating that in addition to some other regular crimes ‘an ordnance survey object’ was deliberately ‘pulled down’ in his locality; dated 25th of May. Also includes report of William Johnston, Chief Constable, Wicklow, drawing attention to an attack on one of the policemen lately removed from Castlepollard [County Westmeath]; observing the constable was waylaid and ‘severely beaten by an armed Party’; dated 16th of October.

Jan 1831-Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1566

Statement of outrages committed in the province of Munster during the month of January 1831; detailing various types of outrages such as murder, robbery, arson, injury or killing of livestock, assault, riot, abduction, injury to property, house breaking, discharge of firearms, levelling of dwelling houses, unlawful assembly, theft of livestock and the posting of threatening notices; also with summary table on final page; signed below by Maj William Miller [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork]. Incorporates detail of report of George Rutland, Chief Constable, Tramore, County Waterford, stating that two calves belonging to Edward Butler of Ballyduff were maliciously ‘killed and the hides, and part of the flesh carried away’; dated 5th of January. Also incorporates detail of report of John Willcocks, Sub-Inspector, Cashel, drawing attention to the armed robbery of 49 gold sovereigns from John Duggan, a farmer from outside Cashel; adding that one of the assailants fired a pistol shot at Duggan causing a wound to his hand; dated 31st of January. [Contains list of names not given in this description].

8 Feb 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1567

Statement of outrages committed in the province of Munster during the month of February 1831; detailing various types of outrages such as murder, rape, robbery, arson, injury or killing of livestock, assault, injury to property, riot, abduction, injury to property, house breaking, discharge of firearms, plunder of firearms, theft of livestock, faction fighting and the posting of threatening Rockite notices; also with summary table on final page; signed below by Maj William Miller [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork]. Incorporates detail of report of William Nash, Chief Constable, Roscrea, [County Tipperary], remarking that the daughter of Michael Kennedy of Curgulla [Coogulla] was abducted by five armed men; indicating that Kennedy gave chase and recovered his daughter; adding ‘she was married on the following day to another man’, the matter been something of a clan disagreement; dated 1st of February. Also incorporates detail of report of Capt Bartholomew Nangle, Chief Constable, Midleton, County Cork, drawing attention to the suspected murder by James Donovan [73rd Regiment of Foot] of his wife on the road from Midleton to Cork; dated 17th of February. [Contains list of names not given in this description].

8 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1568

Statement of outrages committed in the province of Munster during the month of March 1831; detailing various types of outrages such as murder, intimidation, robbery, arson, injury or killing of livestock, assault, injury to property, riot, turning up of ground, faction fighting, house breaking, discharge of firearms, plunder of firearms, anti-tithe agitation, levelling of dwelling houses, theft of livestock, plunder of a shipwreck, killing of an infant, and the posting of threatening Rockite notices; also with summary table on final page; signed below by Maj William Miller [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork]. Incorporates detail of report of Francis Crossley, Chief Constable, Kanturk, [County Cork], remarking that a serious faction fight took place at the fair of the town of Kanturk; adding the contest was between ‘The Dealys’ and ‘The Curtins’ and several persons received serious injury; dated 17th of March. Also incorporates detail of report of Martin Kirwan, Chief Constable, Kenmare, County Kerry, drawing attention to the plunder of a ship that went aground at Kilmakalogue [Kilmackillogue]; observing the vessel was laden with provisions and its cargo was robbed by the lower orders who ‘assembled in numbers’; dated 12th of March. [Contains list of names not given in this description].

7 Apr 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1569

Statement of outrages committed in the province of Munster during the month of April 1831; detailing various types of outrages such as murder, intimidation, robbery, arson, injury or killing of livestock, assault, injury to property, abduction, riot, turning up of ground, house breaking, faction fighting, levelling of fences, discharge of firearms, illegal assembly, plunder of firearms and the posting of threatening Rockite notices; also with summary table on final page; signed below by Maj William Miller [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork]. Incorporates detail of a report of Edward Rankin, Chief Constable, Macroom, [County Cork], remarking that Judith Lenahan of Shanyvanehan [Shanavagha] was murdered by a man called Daniel Murphy; observing the circumstances were that Murphy gave the victim a blow of a stick on her side as she tried to hold onto a cow ‘by the horns’ which he sought to take away; dated 17th of April. Also incorporates detail of a report from the police district of Bruff and Kilfinnane [County Limerick], indicating that a duel was prevented between Eyre Evans and Mr Coote through the intervention of [William] Percy, Chief Constable; adding that some time afterwards the pair met again near the city of Limerick, and ‘exchanged shots without doing any injury’; dated 5th of April. Also incorporates detail of a report of Alexander Lowrie, Chief Constable, Newport, [County Tipperary], stating that some armed men drove off those engaged as surveyors on the lands of College Hill, near Templemore; noting the incident took place on the property of Mr Harden, a man who lately drew the displeasure of the local peasantry on account of his relocation of a number of his tenants; dated 18th of April. [Contains list of names not given in this description].

8 May 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1570

Statement of outrages committed in the province of Munster during the month of May 1831; detailing various types of outrages such as murder, intimidation, robbery, arson, injury or killing of livestock, assault, injury to property, riot, faction fighting, turning up of ground, house breaking, administration of unlawful oaths, discharge of firearms, plunder of firearms and the posting of threatening Rockite or Terry Alt notices; also with summary table on final page; signed below by Maj William Miller [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork]. Incorporates detail of a report of Robert Thompson, Chief Constable, Burrisokane, [County Tipperary], remarking that a threatening notice was posted at the chapel of Racabbin [Rathcabbin] warning labourers from the province of Connaught of fatal consequences ‘if they did not quit leave the Parish’; dated 1st of May. Also incorporates detail of a report from the police district of Kilfinnane [County Limerick], recording the death of Mary Cleary at Spittle, near Ballylanders, due to an assault by a woman named O’Brien and her husband; adding the murder came about due to ‘a dispute about manure’; dated 14th of May. Also incorporates detail of a report of Benjamin Jackson, Chief Constable, Listowel, [County Kerry], stating that Capt Hewson, magistrate, was accosted for trying to prevent a party, carrying flags and ribbons, from proceeding to the residence of William R Hilliard for the purpose of presenting a maypole; dated 29th of May. [Contains list of names not given in this description].

9 Jun 1831

1831