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CSO/RP/OR/1831/994

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, enclosing letter from William Nash, Chief Constable, Roscrea, [County Tipperary], reporting the killing of Matthew Mahon on the night of 4th of September by a stone thrown by a party of assailants; stating the victim lived at Shanballina, near Roscrea, and became embroiled following an attack on nearby neighbours of the name of Kilmartin; also noting the highway robbery of a man called Edward Landy, Derrymore, who was deprived of the sum of £26 which he had earlier accumulated whilst in America.

10 Sep 1831-12 Sep 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/995

File containing reports and supporting documents relating to outrages and disturbances perpetrated in the counties of Tipperary and Cork; compiled by Maj William Miller [Inspector General of Police in Munster]. Includes letter from Alexander Grant, Chief Constable, Burrisoleigh, County Tipperary, stating that an attempt was made to burn a stack of turf that was stored in the yard of the police barracks at Templemore; noting that information has been forwarded against Laurence Malone and James Dooly for the act in question and the matter will be brought before the local petty sessions. Also includes letter from James Kelly, Chief Constable, Thurles, County Tipperary, referring to a threatening notice that was attached to the church of Littleton; transcribes overleaf copy of notice that warns all ‘protestants and tithe collectors’ in a district adjacent to Templemore ‘to refrain from the receiving of tithes’ or face the consequences; signed by ‘Lady Clare’.

16 Sep 1831-26 Sep 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/999

File containing reports and supporting documents relating to outrages and disturbances perpetrated in the counties of Cork and Tipperary; compiled by Maj William Miller [Inspector General of Police in Munster]. Includes letter from Capt Bartholomew Nangle, Chief Constable, Midleton [Middleton, County Cork], to Miller, reporting on an arson attack on a property at Ballinagoul in the barony of Barrymore; remarking that the blaze consumed the contents of a haggard and barn including a portion of barley, oats and hay, the property of John Shanahan; adding that Shanahan is steward to D Foley, proprietor of the estate at Ballinagoul, and observing that a threatening notice had been earlier posted against him on the chapel of Knockraha. Also includes letter from Alexander Grant, Chief Constable, Burrisoleigh, County Tipperary, to Miller, stating that a process server named John Ryan was subject to a serious assault in the town of Burrisoleigh on the 11th of October; observing that two brothers named Whelan are under suspicion and stressing the growth of anti-tithe feeling in the country.

26 Sep 1831-14 Oct 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1000

File containing reports and supporting documents relating to outrages and disturbances perpetrated in the counties of Cork, Waterford, Tipperary and Limerick; compiled by Maj William Miller [Inspector General of Police in Munster]. Includes letter from [Darby] Mahony, Chief Constable, Dungarvan, County Waterford, to Miller, reporting that approximately 200 persons assembled on Scart Mountain for the purpose of levelling fences; remarking that the lower orders consider that region as commonage and claim the right to cut turf there; noting that the enclosures were erected last summer by Mr Sergeant of Waterford and Mr Mansell of Cappoquin. Also includes letter from Samuel Forsayeth, Chief Constable, Tipperary, to Miller, reporting the capture of eight persons in the neighbourhood of Emly who are linked to a conspiracy to murder Patrick Beary of County Limerick; remarking the operation was under the personal supervision of Dr Gerald Fitzgerald, Chief Magistrates of Police, and noting that Constable Mulholland ‘received a stab of a pitchfork in the chest’ in course of the chase.

6 Oct 1831-21 Oct 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1001

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting on the loss of life of a female who was part of a mob that offered resistance to the work of the process server employed in the recovery of tithes for Archdeacon [Henry] Cotton; remarking that the police, who were engaged to assist, encountered ‘violent opposition’ and were forced to discharge live rounds at the mob. Enclosing affidavit of Constable Henry Rennick, Thurles, [County Tipperary], stating that he was responsible for the supervision of a police force of 29 men who turned out to protect process server, William Fleming, who sought to enforce Cotton’s claims on the lands of Leigh; noting that a number in the region of 1000 persons assembled to offer resistance, some of whom were concealed as if to effect an ambush; indicating that a couple of gunshots were discharged by the mob, and stones thrown, and the police fired a number of shots in return; adding a woman was killed during the encounter.

6 Oct 1831-7 Oct 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1003

Letter from Col Sir John Harvey, [inspector general of police for province of Leinster], Dublin, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, enclosing a report from Lieut Robert Simpson, Sub-Inspector, Longford, [County Longford], stating that Patrick McGuire was killed in the town of Granard on the 26th of September; indicating the murder was committed by a man called Meehan by the ‘stroke of a stick’ and was apparently carried out under the influence of John and James Lastley; noting the perpetrator has not as yet been captured by the police and deducing that the motivation appears to be that McGuire brought a prosecution against one of the Lastley’s ‘for Pig stealing’.

30 Sep 1831-1 Oct 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1004

Letter from [John] Wright, Chief Constable, Antrim, County Antrim, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting that a man called Francis McNight was killed by a policeman following an affray in McCann’s public house in Randalstown on the night of the 5th of October; observing that Constable [William] Thompson has been charged with the killing, which was inflicted through use of his bayonet; also copy of inquest verdict.

7 Oct 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1005

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Macroom, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, enclosing two letters from Richard Ponsonby, Chief Constable, Mitchelstown, [County Cork], reporting on a ‘desperate riot’ between two separate factions in Mitchelstown at which a shot was fired; confirming that several people were injured and noting that police seized a number of bludgeons and made twelve prisoners; also referring to the killing of Thomas Brien in the town by Keys and Norris, both of whom were arrested. Also enclosing letter from James Kelly, Chief Constable, Thurles, County Tipperary, reporting the murder of Thomas Maher, who was ‘severely beaten by stones’ near the village of Holycross on the 27th of September.

30 Sep 1831-5 Oct 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1007

File containing reports and supporting documents relating to outrages and disturbances perpetrated in County Tipperary; compiled by Maj William Miller [Inspector General of Police in Munster]. Includes letter from Samuel Forsayeth, Chief Constable, Tipperary, to Miller, reporting the death of a woman named Margaret Dawdle, who lost her life as a result of ‘a blow of a stone’ whilst at the fair of Tipperary town on the evening of the 10th of October; adding that the inquest is postponed until further evidence is discovered on the perpetrator or perpetrators. Also includes letter from Alexander Grant, Chief Constable, Burrisoleigh, County Tipperary, to Miller, reporting the death of John Ryan of Kill following a beating on the 11th of October; indicating that a man of the name of Lowry has given himself up to police in connection with the outrage; stressing that if Lowry is ‘handled properly’ he may prove to be of much use in solving other local crimes.

15 Oct 1831-25 Oct 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1008

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, referring to his late inspection of the constabulary of Munster and noting the success of his efforts to improve discipline in the body; stressing the improvement brought about by the replacement of those inclined towards ‘inebriety’ with better able bodied men, by regular professional training, and the inculcation of self-control in the use of firearms; also highlighting the need to rid the constabulary of men of ‘diminutive proportions’ and the necessity of keeping stations well-regulated and clean.

24 Nov 1831

1831