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CSO/RP/1821/390

File of papers relating to claims of James O'Halloran of Banna, near Tralee, County Kerry, for money outstanding for accommodation and supplies which he provided for the Newcastle yeomanry corps, whilst they were stationed at Athea, County Limerick, in winter of 1808 and spring of 1809. Also his claims for compensation for other services to government, including his acting as witness in a crown prosecution against Timothy Mulvihill, a member of a County Limerick banditti, and the subsequent attacks on his family and property.

26 Oct 1821-22 Dec 1821

1821

CSO/RP/SC/1821/599

Letter from Major Richard Going, Rathkeale, County Limerick, chief police magistrate for County Limerick, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 14 February 1821, enclosing the claims of Dr Pope for medical attendance to the injured men of Going's police force, following an affray at Athea, County Limerick; and the claim of Dr Shore, for medical attendance to the County Limerick police establishment. Also encloses letter from [John Fraunceis Fitzgerald, the 24th] Knight of Glin, concerning Dr. Pope's claims. [none of the enclosures present]. Also memorandum from Dr Edward Trevor, medical superintendent of convicts, to the CSO, stating his opinion on the claims of each doctor, 20 February 1821.

14 Feb 1821-20 Feb 1821

1821

CSO/RP/SC/1821/608

File of papers concerning 3 members of the County Limerick police establishment, seriously wounded whilst on duty at Athea, County Limerick. Includes letter from Major Richard Going, Rathkeale, County Limerick, chief police magistrate for County Limerick, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 25 March 1821, enclosing petition of the 3 men, John Twamly, John Tolson, and John Mullins, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, requesting to be placed on government's pension list. Petition is supported by Going, and by Edward Villiers, foreman of the grand jury of County Limerick at spring assizes 1821.

5 Mar 1821-25 Mar 1821

1821

CSO/RP/SC/1821/610

Letter from Nicholas O'Connor, Glin, near Tarbert, County Kerry, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, complaining at the refusal of Major Richard Going, chief police magistrate for County Limerick, to pay O'Connor for his work in identifying those involved, and in serving crown summonses upon witnesses, in the prosecution of persons arrested for an attack on police at Athea, County Limerick. Also letter from Major Going, Rathkeale, County Limerick, to Gregory, responding, as requested, to the claims in O'Connor's letter, stating that he 'never Entered into any Agreement with O'Connor', 21 April 1821.

13 Apr 1821-21 Apr 1821

1821

CSO/RP/SC/1821/978

Letter from Major Daniel Mahony, Killarney, County Kerry, brigade major of yeomanry for counties Cork, Kerry and Waterford, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on the state of the country, following his tour of inspection. Refers to the fears of magistrates and 'other respectable characters' that the spirit of discontent which prevails in County Limerick will spread to adjoining counties. Refers to the murder of Thomas Hoskins, son of Alexander Hoskins, land agent to Lord Courtenay. Also requests ammunition for the Tarbert yeomanry corps, County Kerry, 21 August 1821. Encloses letter from Thomas William Sandes, Sallow Glen, County Kerry, to Mahony, detailing the spread of disturbances from Limerick towards County Kerry. Urges increase of police force at Athea and Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, 14 August 1821.

14 Aug 1821-21 Aug 1821

1821

CSO/RP/1822/295

Letter from Richard Griffith, mining engineer, Royal Dublin Society House, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing a ‘Schedule of Applications of Public Works in the County of Limerick’ including proposal for construction of a pier at Glin, a pier on the River Deel near Askeaton, for excavation of hills on the ‘Turnpike mail coach road from Limerick by Bruff and Kilmallock to Cork’, for completion of the mail coach road from Limerick through Croom to Cork, for repair of road from Newcastle to Abbeyfeale, for a new line of road from Rathkeale to Listowel, via Ardagh and [?Athea], and an application for ‘improvements in the navigation of the River Shannon, and also recommending that a Steam Boat for towing the trade boats against adverse winds be established on Lough Dergh [Derg]’; with evaluation of each application by Griffith.

27 Aug 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/398

Petition of magistrates and landholders of County Limerick, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting advance of financial assistance for laying a road between Rathkeale, County Limerick, to Listowel, County Kerry, via Ardagh and Athea: asserts that the benefits flowing from such an undertaking will include a shortening of the distance between Tralee and Limerick by ten miles, and the extension of law and order, civilization, markets and industry to the immediate area, signed by 23 petitioners.

[1822]

1822

CSO/RP/1823/1494

Petition of Edward FitzGerald and his wife Anne FitzGerald, Tarbert, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, renewing their request for additional compensation to cover their losses, sustained as a result of their acting as crown witnesses in the prosecution of 2 leading members of a 'lawless' gang in the Athea mountains, County Limerick - John Hamahan [sic] and John McMahon. Emphasises that they had to flee the neighbourhood with their young family, 'for the protection of their Lives'.

[2 Oct 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1825/10

Letter from Thomas Philip Vokes, police magistrate, Limerick, County Limerick, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, concerning the disabilities of police constable John Tolson, 1 July 1824. Encloses memorial from Tolson to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting payment of a pension following an attack upon his person while acting ‘to protect persons distraining for Rent’ at Athea, in County Limerick, 24 June 1824. Also letter from Vokes to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, sending ‘a return of seven useless men’ disabled in the course of police service [not present] and seeking payment of a small allowance to each, 23 September 1823. Also 2 letters from Major George Warburton, superintendent general of police for counties Galway, Clare and Roscommon, to Goulburn, conveying details of 2 men, Rowland Willes and James Tormey, who are unfit for ordinary police duties, 20; 27 September 1824. Encloses letter from Willes, Ennis, County Clare, to [Warburton] seeking assistance in carrying forward his application for a measure of financial relief from government, 18 September 1824. Also encloses memorial from James Tormey, Longford, County Longford, to Warburton, recalling the ‘severe treatment’ received in course of his duties at Mullagh, [County Clare], and appealing for some compensation, 22 September 1824.

23 Sep 1823-27 Sep 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1825/334

File of material relating to evaluation of Irish peerages considered to be extinct, compiled for the purposes of nominating a replacement peer of Ireland as provided under the Act of Union. Includes copy letter from William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, to Thomas Kemmis and William Kemmis, crown solicitors, [Kildare Street, Dublin], enclosing a statement compiled by Sir William Betham, Ulster King of Arms, for consideration of legal counsel on ‘presumed Extinctions in the Peerage of Ireland’ relating to the following personages: Charles Henry Coote, 7th Earl of Mountrath, John Crosbie, 2nd Earl of Glandore and William Henry Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont, 5 July 1822. Also includes copy outline of crown case seeking determination of counsel on the extinct peerages attached to Prince Edward, 1st Earl of Dublin, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley and John Preston, 1st Baron Tara, with opinion on base from the Attorney General [William Conyngham Plunket]; encloses various copy certificates and constats relating to investigation, 1 July 1822: 17 August 1822. Also includes copy outline of crown case seeking determination of counsel on the extinct peerages attached to Patrick Dillon, 11th Earl of Roscommon, Thomas James Warren-Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley, and Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie, with opinion on base from the Attorney General [William Conyngham Plunket] and the Solicitor General [Henry Joy]; encloses various copy certificates and constats relating to investigation, 21 December 1800: 21 February 1825. Also includes letter from Betham, Office of Arms, Lower Castle Gate, Dublin Castle, to Gregory, enclosing ‘A List of Irish Peerages in right of which claims to vote at the Election of Representative Peers for Ireland have been preferred to the House of Lords or which have been referred by His Majesty, or the Prince Regent to the House since the Union of Great Britain and Ireland’, 14 April 1825. Also includes letter from Betham to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing a ‘Statement relative to Extinctions in the Peerage of Ireland’. Comments the document was created in order to clarify the question of ‘What constitutes an Extinction so as to empower the Crown to create a peer of Ireland under the Act of Union?’, 17 October 1825. [Contains list of names not given in this description.]

21 Dec 1800-17 Oct 1825

1825