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CSO/RP/1822/3355

Petition of inhabitants of parishes of Skull and Kilmoe, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, emphasising the distress of the population, from famine and lack of employment. Requests funds for public works schemes to build a new road between Crookhaven and Skibbereen, their market town, and detailing its benefits. Petition signed by 15 individuals, including Reverend John Jagoe, Church of Ireland rector of Skull; and Florence Mahony, parish priest of Skull, 8 July 1822.

8 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3356

Letter from Maurice FitzGerald, Dublin, MP for County Kerry, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 11 July 1822, enclosing a letter from Mr Mahony, Dublin, [to FitzGerald], concerning the distressed state of the barony of Iveragh, County Kerry and the necessity of a road through the mountainous district between the chapel of Foilmore and Doulus Head. Requests that FitzGerald recommend the plan to government, 9 July 1822.

9 Jul 1822-11 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3357

Petition of the principal inhabitants and resident landholders of barony of West Carbery, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, emphasising the distress of the lower orders of the barony, and recommending the benefits of constructing a line of road between Skibbereen and Crookhaven, 'to avoid the present Hilly and nearly impracticable Road, where it is not possible to use wheel Carriages, to the great hindrance of all improvements in the agriculture of the Country'. Requests a share of the money allocated for public works to carry out the work. Petition signed by 10 individuals, including Richard White, 1st earl of Bantry.

[1822]

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3358

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Thomas S Sorell, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin, military secretary to Sir Samuel Auchmuty, the Commander of the Forces in Ireland, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning a proposed scheme of public works in County Cork. Encloses copy extract of letter from Colonel Sir Hugh Gough, Buttevant barracks, County Cork, commander of 22nd (Cheshire) regiment, to Sorell, suggesting government funding for the repair of the road between Newmarket and Liscarroll, and between Freemount and Liscarroll, County Cork. Emphasises the military benefits, in opening up a remote part of the county, and in providing employment in the area, 30 June 1822. Also encloses extract of a memorandum from the Deputy Quarter Master General, in support of Gough's proposal, 3 July 1822.

30 Jun 1822-5 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3359

Letter from Michael Creagh, Kilbrack, Doneraile, County Cork, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, applying for a share of funds for public works to employ the labouring poor, to construct a new road to connect Liscarroll with Cork city and other parts of the county.

9 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3360

Letter from Major Samson Carter, Doneraile, County Cork, chief police magistrate for County Cork, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, recommending allocation of funds for public works schemes, for the repair of roads in the mountainous parts of the proclaimed district of County Cork. Emphasises that as the roads are almost impassable in winter, they 'impede the public Service both in a military and agricultural Sense'. Details the several roads in need of improvement, and the military benefits from opening up access on each.

28 May 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3361

Letter from William Wrixon Becher, Ballygiblin, Mallow, County Cork, MP for Mallow town, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 2 July 1822, enclosing copy of resolutions passed at a meeting of meeting of gentry and clergy of barony of Duhallow, County Cork, held at Kanturk, 1 July 1822, and chaired by Becher. Resolutions emphasise the benefits from improvements to the area's road infrastructure, noting that, 'the principal Degree of Distress is felt in the remote & uncultivated parts of the Barony, where also the Roads are in the worst state….these were also the principal seats of the late disturbances'. Requests funds from government to carry out the necessary improvements.

1 Jul 1822-2 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3362

Letter from Edward G Hudson, magistrate of County Cork, and Church of Ireland curate of Ardnageehy, County Cork, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, offering to contribute 500 or 600 pounds towards poor relief in his area, if government contribute an equal amount. Highlights in particular the need to complete the road from Glenville to Mallow, County Cork. Also details work to build a bridge and lower a hill on the road from Glenville to Rathcormack, which he has personally funded, 8 May 1822. Also letter from Hudson to Gregory, requesting an answer to his former letter, and reiterating his request for funds, 6 June 1822.

8 May 1822-6 Jun 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3363

Letter from Thomas George French, Marino, Passage West, County Cork, magistrate, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, 9 July 1822, enclosing the resolution of the central committee [for poor relief] for County Cork, agreed to at their meeting on 9 July 1822, recommending construction of a new line of road from Blarney to the River Blackwater at Bantrye [Banteer] Bridge, through the Boggra mountains. Resolution signed by William Henry Worth Newenham, the meeting's chairman.

9 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3364

Petition of the sovereign and principal inhabitants of the town and liberties of Kinsale and its vicinity, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, emphasising the impassable state of the road between Kinsale and Bandon, and requesting funds for replacing it with a new line of road. Notes that the work would also offer 'Employment and Food to a numerous and starving population'. Petition signed by 41 individuals including John Heard, sovereign of Kinsale.

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1822