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CSO/RP/1831/116

Letter from J Frank, church warden, parish of Myros, Rock Cottage, [Rosscarbery, County Cork], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning his exertions to prevent the selling of alcoholic spirits on the Sabbath day and seeking advice on how to proceed under the law; noting his discovery of abuse in the village of [Glanden] and referring to the findings of magistrates on the matter.

13 Jan 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/621

File of documents concerning an application for repair of a damaged pier at Glandore, Rosscarbery in County Cork. Includes letter from Rev J Power, parish priest, Rosscarbery, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, referring to an earlier petition signed by almost 200 parishioners and reiterating their appeal for assistance from government to repair the pier at Glandore. Also includes letter from William Searight, secretary, Navigation Office, [11 Merrion Street, Dublin], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, noting the storm damage to the pier on the 5th of December 1830 but regretting the relevant statute does not permit advancing of funds for the maintenances of harbours. Also includes letter from Richard Griffith, civil engineer, General Survey and Valuation Office, Dublin, to Gosset, reporting he sent William Wright to inspect the damage at Glandore and he estimated it would cost £105 to carry out the necessary repairs; noting that for his trouble Wright presented a bill of expenses of £1 2s 6d.

2 Feb 1831-28 Feb 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1831/958

Letter from Rev Jeremiah Molony, parish priest of Rosscarbery, [County Cork], to the secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, enclosing memorial to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant, requesting advance of funds for use in paying off the construction costs of Ross Female School; observing that the female school cost about £100, with about half that figure remaining unpaid; explaining that the parish earlier completed a school for boys and subscriptions were raised ‘towards the building of two Chapels, during the last ten years’.

16 Apr 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/680

Letter from Thomas Hungerford, magistrate, [Cahermore], Rosscarbery, [County Cork], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting on the posting of a threatening notice on the market house of the village of Rosscarbery; with transcription below warning Protestants and other who do not espouse the principles of liberty to remove themselves from the locality on pain of death.

21 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/744

Letter from Thomas Hungerford, magistrate, Cahermore, Rosscarbery, [County Cork], to an unnamed recipient [but likely the Chief Secretary’s Office], reporting on the surrender of Jeremiah [Hegartic], a young man implicated in the posting of threatening notices on the market house of the town of Rosscarbery; observing the offender is but 15 years old and is seeking the clemency of government; recommending that due consideration be given the boy.

13 Jul 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/918

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 Francis Crossley, Chief Constable, Kanturk, [County Cork], to Miller, reporting on a serious altercation in the town of Kanturk between two factions named the Dalys and Clancys; stating he interfered on foot of fears that lives would be lost and made six arrests. Also includes letter from James Barry, Chief Constable, Clonakilty, to Major John Gallwey, Sub-Inspector, County Cork], conveying a copy of a ‘Proclamation’ that was discovered on the market house of the town of Rosscarbery; signed by JH, sub-secretary of the ‘Company of United Irishmen’, it warns all Protestants and any others who ‘do not wish to regain their native liberty’ to depart from Rosscarbery or ‘be put to death’.

17 Mar 1831-26 Mar 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/927

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 Edward Williamson, Rosscarbery, County Cork, to Gosset, reporting on the posting of two threatening notices in the town of Rosscarbery; complaining at the small number of police personnel in the town and their secluded location; stressing that his loyalty in the 1798 Uprising and his membership of the yeomanry makes him a particular target for the disaffected; enclosing copy of a threatening notice that was placed on the local market house, warning Protestants and any others who ‘do not wish to regain their native liberty’ to depart from Rosscarbery or ‘be put to death’, signed by MH, sub-secretary of the company of the ‘United Irishmen’; also copy of a threatening notice addressed to Williamson warning him over taking down the previous notice and ordering him to depart from the town. Also letter from Thomas Hungerford, magistrate, Rosscarbery, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, drawing attention to the exhibition of threatening notices in the vicinity; adding that a number of extra policemen are required to keep watch over the neighbourhood; with transcription of one of the notices below.

24 Mar 1831-1 Apr 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/933

File containing reports and supporting documents relating to outrages and disturbances perpetrated in the counties of Cork and Kerry; compiled by Maj William Miller [Inspector General of Police in Munster]. Includes letter from [Henry] Brownrigg, Chief Constable, Doneraile, [County Cork], to Miller, reporting an attack by a party of five men on a farmer named Thomas [Dales] of the townland of Coolasmattane [Coolasmuttane], near the police station at Newtown; remarking his attackers sought to take away a ‘spade & coat’ but being unable to find those items smashed his household furniture before departing; giving his opinion that the outrage in question is ‘of a local nature…committed by [our] gang of ruffians’ and recommending the reinforcement of the station there. Also includes letter from James Barry, Chief Constable, Rosscarbery, [County Cork], to Miller, conveying the observations of the petty sessions of Rosscarbery in connection with the distributing and posting of threatening notices in the immediate locality; expressing their opinion that Thomas Gash is ‘wholly innocent’ of charges in connection with that activity; Barry states that a man named John Dillon is now in custody on ‘good information’ for allegedly having a hand in the misdemeanour complained of.

6 Apr 1831-26 Apr 1831

1831

CSO/RP/OR/1831/964

Letter from Brig Maj Daniel Mahony, Killarney, [County Kerry], to Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary, reporting on the absence of the disruptive tendency that has marred the county of Clare; noting, however, that Lieut Morris of the Ballylongford yeomanry and some of the police did attract hostility for failing to illuminate their windows following the victory of O’Connell in County Clare; also commenting on a land clearance near Ballylongford to make room for two ‘wealthy farmers’; also adding in postscript that the author of a Terry Alt notice was discovered in the vicinity of Rosscarbery [County Cork], but made good his escape.

13 Jun 1831

1831

CSO/RP/1832/762

Letter from [Rev Jeremiah] Molony PP [parish priest], Rosscarbery, [County Cork], forwarding a memorial [not extant] and requesting that it be presented to the recently appointed Commissioners of Education.

6 Feb 1832

1832