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CSO/RP/OR/1831/1024

Statement of outrages committed in the province of Munster during the month of September 1831; includes information on outrages such as murder, assault, rape, robbery, burnings, injury to livestock, improper use of firearms, and illegal assemblies; also with summary table on final page; signed by Maj William Miller [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork].

7 Oct 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1025

Statement of outrages committed in the province of Munster during the month of November 1831; includes information on outrages such as murder, rape, abduction, ‘child murder’, assault, robbery, burnings, injury to livestock, improper use of firearms, and illegal rescue; also with summary table on final page; signed by Maj William Miller [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork].

7 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1026

File of documents concerning an investigation into the conduct of Michael Cormick, coroner of Thurles, County Tipperary, who is accused of showing impartiality towards the police on the occasion of an inquest on the body of Catherine Maher. Includes affidavit of Cormick, outlining his behaviour at the inquest on the body of Maher which was held between the 6th and 11th of October, and insisting he is not guilty of professional misconduct; stressing his attention to the proper empanelling of a jury and insisting he asked the jury to return a verdict, which they did indicating that Maher ‘came by her death by a Gun shot wound inflicted by one of twenty nine policemen executing a magistrate’s warrant on the Lands of Leigh’ in County Tipperary; sworn before John Tudor, magistrate of the Head Office of Police, Dublin. Also includes letter from William Kemmis, crown solicitor, Kildare Street, [Dublin], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, enclosing copy of case on behalf of the crown; with opinion recorded below of Francis Blackburne [Attorney General] and Philip Cecil Crampton [Solicitor General].

12 Oct 1831-3 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1028

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, referring to some arrangements for the consolidation of the police constabulary in County Limerick; requesting approval for the establishment of a new station at Barrington’s Bridge [Barringtonsbridge], which would be the principle district post for the baronies of Clanwilliam, Owneybeg and Coonagh; also noting the difficulty of obtaining suitable accommodation at Caherconlish and a s a result the superintendent officer having to remain at Castleconnell.

9 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1029

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, enclosing a letter from Alexander Grant, Chief Constable, Burrisoleigh, County Tipperary, reporting that a man named Ryan came under gun attack about a mile from the town of Burrisoleigh; also noting that a herdsman in the employment of Mr Wellington was severely beaten while on his way to the fair of Templemore; remarking that no suspects have yet come to light in either case.

8 Dec 1831-10 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1031

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, enclosing a letter from Alexander Grant, Chief Constable, Burrisoleigh, County Tipperary, reporting on a violent fight between two factions in the town of Templemore; noting that those involved comprised about five or six hundred men and one man was seriously wounded, having got ‘two stabs of a Pitch fork and one of a Scyth’; observing with surprise that neither the police or military were called upon to restore order.

11 Dec 1831-13 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1032

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, enclosing a letter from John B Kittson, Chief Constable, Nenagh, [County Tipperary], stating that a gold watch was recovered that had earlier been robbed from George Evans at Grange, which is between the towns of Nenagh and Borrisokane; indicating that Evans was offered his own watch for purchase on the highway and noting the seller, Frank Hough, was subsequently apprehended by [Thomas] Brereton, magistrate, and Constable John Lewis.

12 Dec 1831-14 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1033

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, enclosing a letter from James Kelly, Chief Constable, Thurles, County Tipperary, reporting an attack on the property of Pierce Purcell of the village of Twomileborris; remarking that an armed party ‘surrounded’ his place and fired a gunshot at his horse which caused a severe wound; observing the only reason for the outrage is the victim took a farm from which his brother-in-law was previously ejected.

9 Dec 1831-12 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1034

Letter from Maj Samson Carter, stipendiary magistrate [police], Nenagh, County Tipperary, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting the murder of Patrick Murphy at the hands of three men armed with bludgeons near a mountainous location about nine miles from the town of Nenagh; remarking his assailants walked with him for some time before attacking and robbing the victim of a pistol; noting Murphy’s attacker had especially long beards, possibly part of a disguise.

8 Nov 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1036

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, alluding to his advice to Alexander Grant, Chief Constable, Burrisoleigh, County Tipperary, on the question of the suppression of faction fighting in that place; recommending the utility of having a resident magistrate in both Burrisoleigh and Thurles. Also enclosing copy letter from Miller to Grant, proposing a set of guidelines for helping the police deal with mob disorder. Also enclosing letter from Fr Michael Slattery, parish priest of Burrisoleigh, to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, complaining of the disruptive results of faction clashes between the ‘Pallets’ and ’Bawns’ and seeking the protection of the legal authorities; lamenting at the failure of the local police to interfere to suppress the fighting and suggesting they be vested with greater powers.

1 Dec 1831-17 Dec 1831

1831