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Match 1 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1821/144
TITLE:

Petition of Michael Jones, County Limerick, requesting government assistance
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of Michael Jones, Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting government assistance. Refers to disturbed state of County Limerick, and states that his life and that of his family are in great danger, because they are the only Protestants in a Roman Catholic area. Offers to provide information to government, in return, 26 November 1821. Encloses copy of Jones' affidavit, describing threats to his property, and naming the individuals involved, [26 November 1821].
EXTENT:

2 items; 6pp
DATE(S):

26 Nov 1821
DATE EARLY:

1821
DATE LATE:

1821
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1821/148
Match 2 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/SC/1821/717
TITLE:

Letter from Alexander Hoskins, County Limerick, requesting warrant to search for illegal firearms
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Alexander Hoskins, The Castle, Newcastle, County Limerick, land agent to Lord Courtenay's estates, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 25 August 1821, enclosing petition of Hoskins and Reverend Henry Bateman, magistrates of County Limerick, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting a warrant be granted to the county's magistrates, to search for illegal firearms held in the parishes of Newcastle, Monagay, Abbeyfeale, and Ardagh. Petition signed by Hoskins and Bateman, Newcastle, 24 August 1821.
EXTENT:

2 items; 4pp
DATE(S):

24 Aug 1821-26 Aug 1821
DATE EARLY:

1821
DATE LATE:

1821
Match 3 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/SC/1821/825
TITLE:

Letter from Maurice Fitzgerald, County Kerry, concerning spread of disturbances from County Limerick to Kerry
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Maurice Fitzgerald, 18th Knight of Kerry, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, reporting on state of County Kerry. Concerns his fears that the disaffection in Abbeyfeale, County Limerick is spreading into Kerry. Also reports his visit to the chapel at Castleisland, County Kerry, to urge the people not to follow the example of their disaffected neighbours. Also notes that the parish priest at Castleisland 'considers himself exposed to personal danger on account of his admonitions to his Flock'.
EXTENT:

1 item;4pp
DATE(S):

26 Oct 1821
DATE EARLY:

1821
DATE LATE:

1821
Match 4 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/SC/1821/978
TITLE:

Letter from Daniel Mahony, brigade major of yeomanry, reporting on fears of spread of disturbances from County Limerick into County Kerry
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Major Daniel Mahony, Killarney, County Kerry, brigade major of yeomanry for counties Cork, Kerry and Waterford, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on the state of the country, following his tour of inspection. Refers to the fears of magistrates and 'other respectable characters' that the spirit of discontent which prevails in County Limerick will spread to adjoining counties. Refers to the murder of Thomas Hoskins, son of Alexander Hoskins, land agent to Lord Courtenay. Also requests ammunition for the Tarbert yeomanry corps, County Kerry, 21 August 1821. Encloses letter from Thomas William Sandes, Sallow Glen, County Kerry, to Mahony, detailing the spread of disturbances from Limerick towards County Kerry. Urges increase of police force at Athea and Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, 14 August 1821.
EXTENT:

2 items; 8pp
DATE(S):

14 Aug 1821-21 Aug 1821
DATE EARLY:

1821
DATE LATE:

1821
Match 5 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1822/295
TITLE:

Letter from Richard Griffith, mining engineer, Royal Dublin Society House, Dublin, concerning applications for public works in County Limerick
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Richard Griffith, mining engineer, Royal Dublin Society House, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing a ‘Schedule of Applications of Public Works in the County of Limerick’ including proposal for construction of a pier at Glin, a pier on the River Deel near Askeaton, for excavation of hills on the ‘Turnpike mail coach road from Limerick by Bruff and Kilmallock to Cork’, for completion of the mail coach road from Limerick through Croom to Cork, for repair of road from Newcastle to Abbeyfeale, for a new line of road from Rathkeale to Listowel, via Ardagh and [?Athea], and an application for ‘improvements in the navigation of the River Shannon, and also recommending that a Steam Boat for towing the trade boats against adverse winds be established on Lough Dergh [Derg]’; with evaluation of each application by Griffith.
EXTENT:

2 items; 6pp
DATE(S):

27 Aug 1822
DATE EARLY:

1822
DATE LATE:

1822
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1822/804
Match 6 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1822/296
TITLE:

Letter from Richard Griffith, mining engineer, Royal Dublin Society House, Dublin, concerning advance of funds for repair of road between Newcastle and Abbeyfeale, County Limerick
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Richard Griffith, Royal Dublin Society House, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, acknowledging approval by the Lord Lieutenant of recommendation for advance of sum of £386.16.4 to Alfred Furlong, ‘on the faith of a Presentment made at the last assizes of Limerick to repair the road between Newcastle and Abbeyfeale’, with repayment conditions.
EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp
DATE(S):

30 Aug 1822
DATE EARLY:

1822
DATE LATE:

1822
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1822/805
Match 7 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1822/390
TITLE:

Letter from Richard Griffith, mining engineer, Royal Dublin Society House, Dublin, on proposed roads through disturbed districts of counties Limerick, Cork and Kerry
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Richard Griffith, mining engineer, Royal Dublin Society House, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on various public roads projects ‘through the lately disturbed district of the Counties of Limerick, Cork and Kerry’, which he proposes should be started ‘immediately after the Harvest, and continue the works during the winter and following spring’: locations include Newmarket, Abbeyfeale, Castle Island, Skibbereen and Crookhaven.
EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp
DATE(S):

11 Sep 1822
DATE EARLY:

1822
DATE LATE:

1822
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1822/899
Match 8 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1822/1091
TITLE:

Eugene Casey, Abbeyfeale, County Limerick: for appointment to post of clerk or another
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of Eugene Casey, Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to situation as clerk or other ‘humble’ post and offering his services as provider of information to Government against local ‘rebellious Villains’: alleges ‘his House was attacked by an armed party of Rebels, who severely beat, and compeled [sic] him with his large family, to quit his property and seek military protection in this town…leaving his Stock of Cattle, Hay, Oats, Potatoes, and most excellent Mahogany Furniture, exposed to the Rebels of this Country’; adds ‘he is well aware of a late Conspiracy formed to assassinate him, being Tenant for life to this freehold property’.
EXTENT:

1 item; 4pp
DATE(S):

3 Mar 1822
DATE EARLY:

1822
DATE LATE:

1822
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1822/1633
Match 9 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1822/1772
TITLE:

Richard Griffith, Kanturk, County Cork: report of survey of roads in counties Limerick and Cork
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Richard Griffith, civil engineer, Newmarket, Kanturk, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting details of survey on roads from Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, to Newmarket, County Cork, and from Newmarket to Charleville, County Cork, and outlining range of work to be undertaken in region: stresses value of the Abbeyfeale line which ‘will pass through a wild and uncultivated district which has hitherto been a secure asylum for robbers and murderers’ and refers to meeting with Colonel Sir Hugh Gough, who encourages construction of road from Freemount to Newmarket, and ‘particularly to build a bridge over the river Alla at Freemount, to enable the troops to act on both sides of the river in times of flood’; mentions that as harvest is over the poor should be employed in public works and conveys sense of local resistance to tithe payments especially ‘from the inhabitants of the rich corn country of the lowlands’; with note on contents of same from Goulburn and extract from section of letter dealing with tithe issue, which concludes with critique of resolutions of grand juries, the cause of a misapprehension amongst the ‘deluded people’ who ‘think they will be protected by the Gentry in their opposition to Tithes’.
EXTENT:

3 items; 8pp
DATE(S):

19 Sep 1822
DATE EARLY:

1822
DATE LATE:

1822
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1822/2350
Match 10 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1822/2751
TITLE:

Observations by Griffith on roads around counties Cork and Limerick
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Richard Griffith, engineer, Newmarket, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting direction with respect to production of account and report as well as scope of subject matter reported on: comments upon quiet state of district around new road from Newmarket to Charleville but expresses less ‘confidence’ in inhabitants of northern district who ‘are miserably poor and nearly naked’; indicates that with an advance of £3,000 he could offer employment on proposed roads ‘between Abbeyfeale and Newmarket, and Castle Island and Newcastle’, County Limerick.
EXTENT:

1 item; 4pp
DATE(S):

28 Nov 1822
DATE EARLY:

1822
DATE LATE:

1822
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1822/3420

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