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CSO/RP/OR/1831/1048

Letter from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, making recommendation that the sum of £3 3s be granted to Constable William Dann of the police constabulary at Kilmallock [County Limerick] in recompense for having supported Bridget Clarke, a crown witness, for a period of time. Also enclosing a letter from James Nowlan, 69th Regiment of Foot, Limerick Gaol, to Clarke, admitting he used her ‘severely’ and offering an inducement of £2 7s 8d not to prosecute him; advising her to ‘be aware of the Peelers’; with note on base from Eyre Evans, magistrate [Ash Hill, Kilmallock]. Also copy letter from Gosset to Miller, referring to Nowlan’s letter to Clarke and observing it is written for the purpose of intimidation; advising that he take ’every necessary precaution’ in protecting the woman.

24 Jun 1831-29 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1049

Letter from Brig Maj Daniel Mahony, Killarney, [County Kerry], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting on the ambush of Capt Leslie between the towns of Glin [County Limerick] and Tarbert [County Kerry] and reflecting on an ‘unaccountable’ circumstance related to the Palatines of Sallow Glin; also noting the persistence of anti-tithe feeling in County Cork and recognising the initiative given the disaffected by the Knocktopher [County Kilkenny] affair in which a number of police constables lost their lives; stressing the need for decisive action on the tithe matter as the ‘Political unions in Dublin…keep the public feeling in a ferment’ and warning the campaign of resistance might potentially end in a ‘civil war’.

31 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1050

Two letters from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting on the arrest of James Coleman in the town of Fermoy, an escapee for the gaol of Bristol [England]; also noting that the parish priest of Cashel [County Tipperary] made a public proclamation against a planned meeting of hurlers at Mayfield, warning parishioners to avoid that place on pain of excommunication; observing in other cases the Catholic priesthood had acted to inflame the people in opposition to tithes. Enclosing a letter from William Humphris, governor, Bristol Gaol, to Thomas Perrott, magistrate, Fermoy, seeking assistance with the conveyance of Coleman to the city of Cork, from where he will be returned to serve punishment in Bristol in connection with a ‘Capital felony’.

23 Dec 1831-27 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1051

Two letters from Maj William Miller, [Inspector General of Police in Munster], Fermoy, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, conveying details of an incidence of intimidation and one of highway robbery; enclosing letter from James Kelly, Chief Constable, Thurles, County Tipperary, reporting on an incursion at the house of Mr Bourke of Clonyharp by an armed party who demanded the dismissal of his servant, and also the removal of the servant’s brother from the employment of John Meara of Rathcannon; also enclosing letter from St George Browne, Chief Constable, Macroom, [County Cork], reporting an attack on a man who came to see a relative in Newmarket; stating the man was robbed of money and clothes and then threw into the River Blackwater from which he only ‘narrowly escaped’ with his life.

24 Dec 1831-27 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1052

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 [Benjamin] Jackson, Chief Constable, [Listowel, County Kerry], reporting that Capt Leslie of the Tarbert yeomanry [County Kerry] was ambushed by a number of men while returning from the town of Glin [County Limerick]; observing his attackers forced him to accept an oath an undertaking to deprive the Palatines of Sallow Glin of their arms and give them instead to the Roman Catholics.

24 Dec 1831-27 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1053

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 Willcocks, Sub-Inspector, Cashel, County Tipperary, reporting an attack on the dwelling of Michael Quick [Quirk] of Tullamain by five armed men; applauding the actions of Quick and four servants who beat off the attackers; proposing that ‘a small gratuity’ be given to Quick’s servants for their valiant conduct. Also enclosing letter from Dublin Castle acknowledging receipt of report outlining the circumstances surrounding the attack on Quick’s property; stating that government will award the sum of £1 apiece to each of the servants.

23 Dec 1831-24 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1054

Statement of outrages committed in the province of Munster during the month of December 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 Jan 1832

1832

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1055

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 Louis Anderson, Chief Constable, Cahir, [County Tipperary], reporting that he assembled a force of 30 policemen at the behest of Lord Glengall [Richard Butler, 2nd Earl Glengall and 10th baron Cahir] in response to a public meeting at Mortlestown; highlighting the reservations of Lord Donoughmore [John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore, Lord Lieutenant of Tipperary] at bringing out the police in this manner and asking for guidance on how to act in relation to advice given by magistrates in future; also drawing attention to a number of threatening notices put on display in Ardfinnan, Tincurry and Mortlestown, and enclosing a copy of one. Also copy letter from Miller to Anderson, offering some clarification on the issue of the power of magistrates to requisition police assistance.

29 Dec 1831-30 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1056

File of returns on the state of the country from officers commanding military detachments in the Irish provinces. Includes letters from [William] Siborn, Assistant Military Secretary, Royal Hospital, [Dublin], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, enclosing returns of abstracts of reports on the state of Ireland from officers commanding military detachments predominately in the provinces of the Leinster and Connaught; referring to a number of unreported outrages including murder, killing of livestock, theft of firearms, burning of dwellings, discharge of gunshots, violent assault, intimidation, abduction and riot; also noting in particular an attack on a detachment of the 70th Regiment by Whitefeet at Castlecomer [County Kilkenny] and an affray between the police and peasantry at Knocktopher [County Kilkenny]; also enclosing letters from Maj Gen J MacDonnell, Armagh, County Armagh, on the subject of a large meeting of Orangemen in that county, possibly amounting to 10000 men, and the necessity of deployment of the military. Also includes two letters from Lord Templemore [Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore], Military Secretary, Royal Hospital, Dublin, to Gosset, enclosing returns of abstracts of reports on the state of Ireland from officers commanding military detachments predominately in the provinces of the Leinster and Connaught; noting various outrages.

25 Nov 1831-31 Dec 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/1057

Letter from Nicholas McDonogh, Chief Constable, Killydonnelly, Ballymena, County Antrim, to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting that he took a party of police to the fair at Rasharkin in order to prevent the assembled Ribbonmen from engaging in riot; remarking that three men were brought into custody who came from the direction of Kilrea in County Londonderry [Derry]; noting the men were searched and in possession of one was found the ‘printed regulations of the Ribbon association’. Enclosing copy of the regulation for the Patrick’s branch of Ribbonmen, giving a number of general rules; also outlining fines for non-attendance, fines for provocation, and noting a number of passwords such as ‘The days are growing short, so is the life of man’. Also affidavit of McDonogh stating he apprehended three men, Edward Henry, Hugh Cassidy and Patrick Hagarty of County Londonderry, two of whom were carrying stones, and the former was found in possession of a copy of the Ribbon regulations; sworn before [Peter Aikin], magistrate.

19 Nov 1831

1831