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CSO/RP/1822/83

Letter from John Evans-Freke, 6th baron Carbery, Castle Freke, Rosscarbery, County Cork, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, relative to loss of bank note for use in support of distressed districts.

8 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/1480

Letter from John Evans-Freke, 6th Baron Carbery, Castle Freke, Rosscarbery, County Cork, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, seeking copy of report of the House of Commons on the linen trade of Ireland: observes that the ‘Resident gentlemen of this County seem disposed to promote the Coarse Linen and yarn Trade by every means in their Power’.

18 Sep 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/2119

Letter from John Evans-Freke, 6th Baron Carbery, Castle Freke, Rosscarbery, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, offering explanation for refusal of sum of £100 for relief of poor in district: indicates he received ’very liberal aid from the London Committee’, plus a contribution from the Mansion House and the Cork Central Committee; hopes for more permanent employment for lower classes in neighbourhood and reflects on ambiguity of charitable relief.

5 Sep 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/2202

Letter from John Evans-Freke, 6th Baron Carbery, Castle Freke, Rosscarbery, County Cork, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, seeking direction from Government with respect to use of £2500 presently in the hands of the Central Relief Committee of Cork: asserts this sum is what remains from a grant from the London Relief Committee and emphasises value of local investment in linen manufacture.

9 Nov 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/2354

Letter from John Evans-Freke, 6th Baron Carbery, Castle Freke, Rosscarbery, County Cork, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, seeking advancement to fill vacancy in Irish representative peerage: accepts that previous applications have not met with favour of Government but stresses he is a ‘steady friend’ and ‘Constant Resident’ in Ireland.

30 Oct 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1823/193

Letter from Thomas Hungerford, Cahirmore [Cahermore], Rosscarbery, County Cork, magistrate, to [Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary], Dublin Castle, renewing his request, contained in a petition and maps forwarded by Hungerford, for a proposed new line of road connecting Ross and Dunmanway, County Cork. States that the area has yet to be surveyed, by [Richard] Griffith, engineer, as promised. Refers to plans to introduce flax growing in the county, and the importance of the proposed road in alleviating local poverty and distress.

27 Jan 1823-[Feb 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/414

Letter from Richard Griffith, Royal Dublin Society House, Dublin, civil engineer, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the petition and map for a proposed road between Rosscarbery and Dunmanway, County Cork.

3 Mar 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/802

File of papers concerning appointment of James White as school master of Ross diocesan school, County Cork. Includes letter from Thomas St Lawrence, Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Bishop's Palace, Cork city, to [William Gregory, Under Secretary], Dublin Castle, requesting White's appointment to the post, vacant following the resignation of Reverend George Armstrong, 29 May 1823. Also letter from Reverend Dr Richard Macdonnell, Trinity College, Dublin, to Thomas Taylor, clerk, Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 27 [August] 1823, enclosing letter from White, Rosscarbery, County Cork, to Macdonnell, concerning the completion of his appointment, 25 August 1823, and enclosing, in turn, a letter from Gregory to Bishop of Cork, confirming the Lord Lieutenant's approval of White's appointment to the diocesan school, 3 June 1823.

29 May 1823-27 [Aug] 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/1508

Letter from James White, Ross Carbery [Rosscarbery] County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 24 September 1823, enclosing a petition to the Lord Lieutenant [not present]. With subsequent annotation by Goulburn, referring the petition to the Board of Education. Also identical copy of White's letter, bearing the same date.

24 Sep 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/2044

File of papers relating to changes resulting from new act of parliament relating to diocesan and district schools in Ireland. File includes petition of Reverend George Irwin, Longford, County Longford, diocesan school master of Ardagh, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning the plans of the Board of Education to unite the free schools of the diocese of Meath and the diocese of Ardagh, thus depriving Irwin of his only livelihood, 28 August 1823. File also includes petition of the clergy and gentry of the diocese of Ross, to Wellesley, expressing concern about the fate of the diocesan school in the town of Rosscarbery, noting that the school has had no master since the resignation of Reverend George Armstrong, and referring to reports that the Board of Education intend to close it and unite it with the diocesan school of Cork. The petition also recommends the appointment of James White as a proper successor to Armstrong; petition signed by 17 individuals, including George King, 3rd earl of Kingston, and John Evans-Freke, 6th baron Carbery, 24 September 1823. File also includes petition of James White, Rosscarbery, to Wellesley, referring to former notification of his appointment to the post of diocesan school master of Ross, and emphasising that he 'would not have ventured to undertake the Duties of a Schoolmaster in the Town of Ross, without the assurance of receiving the Diocesan salary'; expresses concern that his appointment may be withdrawn in the event of the school's amalgamation with Cork, 24 September 1823. File also includes a letter from James Irwin, Raphoe, County Donegal, master of Raphoe school, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the insubordination of the tenantry on the school's lands; emphasises the prevalence of illicit distillation, their refusal to pay rents; and their resistance to all laws. Suggests the necessity of stationing a party of revenue police on the school lands, 15 September 1823. File also includes letter from Chamberlen William Walker, Board of Education, Dublin, secretary to the commissioners of education, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 28 October 1823, enclosing statement from the commissioners, to Goulburn, in reply to Goulburn's letter, concerning the above petitions, and also referring to a petition from Reverend Joseph Jameson, seeking appointment to the district school of Ossory and Leighlin, 27 October 1823. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

5 Jan 1823-8 Nov 1823

1823