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CSO/RP/1822/2659

Petition of Maurice O’Connor, Listowel, County Kerry, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, making reference to assistance provided in securing prosecution of William Connor, who was sentenced to transportation and requesting post ‘in the new or old police Establishment’: includes memorial from Michael O’Connor, Listowel, to Robert Peel, Secretary of State, Home Department, London, England, requesting a situation of employment in police on grounds that he had ‘prosecuted 2 men of the name of Connor, both of Ballylongford in this County for Illegal distillation’; includes letter from Captain Robert Leslie, Tarbert House, Tarbert, County Kerry, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting that memorial of Michael O’Connor contains inaccurate information as no trace is found in records concerning the alleged conviction.

8 Sep 1822-21 Oct 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3083

Petition of Michael Turpin, Ballylongford, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, renewing his request to be appointed to situation in police establishment. Refers to information he has concerning abuses of revenue laws.

14 Dec 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1823/958

Letter from Hector Graham, Rushy Park, Ballylongford, County Kerry, half pay lieutenant of 60th regiment, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, recommending government to undertake a scheme to reclaim the strand between Carrig Island and Ballylongford, in order to provide employment for poor, and offering to advise government on the work, 28 June 1823. Also copy of letter of reply from Gregory to Graham, stating that all sums for such schemes are already allocated for the year, 8 July 1823. Also further letter from Graham, to Gregory, renewing his recommendation of the scheme, and emphasising its benefits, 18 March 1824.

28 Jun 1823-18 Mar 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/416

Petition of John Ware Jr, Ballylongford, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking appointment to the post of police constable or sub constable in any part of Ireland. Also two memorials from Ware to Wellesley, stressing his loyalty and laying out his claim for a position in the police establishment; he mentions a period of about 21 years in military service with the Tarbert Corps of Yeomanry and alludes to responsibilities in caring for his aged parents.

3 Jul 1824-12 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/427

Petition of P Prindwell, Ballylongford, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to the situation of constable in the police establishment in any part of Ireland. Makes reference to the contribution to the constabulary made by his father, now deceased, and complains of personal hardship arising from the burden of supporting his remaining ‘large and helpless’ family.

25 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/518

Petition of Daniel Mariarty, Ballylongford, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the police establishment in any part of Ireland. Stresses his immediate necessity of departing from the neighbourhood where ‘in consequence of his unremitting loyalty, is threatened with imminent destruction’; claims in past to have ‘manifested his public service in the suppression of that spirit of insubordination’ which threatened the peace in his locality.

4 Aug 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1049

Petition of William Perryman, Ballylongford, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the police establishment of any county in Ireland. Claims that on account of his loyalty to government he ‘is threatened with inevitable destruction, similar to that of the late Chief Magistrate Major Going’; mentions in support of application that he served for some 15 years in Ballylongford corps of yeomanry.

11 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1050

Petition of Price Prenderville [Prendiville], Ballylongford, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to the situation of police constable in County Kerry. Refers to the service given by his father before him in the constabulary and appeals for a position on behalf of his widow and ‘six fatherless and helpless orphans’.

11 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1061

Letter from [Thomas Ellis], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, indicating approval of application of James Supple, half pay lieutenant, of Ballyenesy [Ballyhennessy], Listowel, County Kerry, as being worthy of ‘most favourable consideration’. Also memorial from Supple to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, making recommendation for appointment of nephew Pierse Eggels to the baronial police of Ireland; stresses Eggels service to the crown while engaged with the Ballylongford corps of yeomanry ’during the late Insurrection and disturbance’ and emphasises his ‘fitness, loyalty & Eligibility’; Supple also refers to his own military service and that of his two sons.

13 Jul 1824

1824

CSO/RP/1824/1062

Petition of Michael Turpin, Ballylongford, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a situation in the police establishment of Ireland; acknowledges the inclusion of his name for the office of chief constable by government but seeks in the interim period the position of constable or sub constable in any part of the country. Encloses copy certificate in favour of Turpin, signed by a number of individuals including officers of the Ballylongford infantry with whom Turpin serves as private. Also three memorials from Turpin to Wellesley repeating his application for a post in the police establishment on account of his difficult personal ‘circumstances’.

30 Aug 1822-31 Jul 1824

1824