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CSO/RP/1825/62

Letter from Lieutenant General Quin John Freeman and Robert Gregory, commissioners of Board of Works, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, conveying a favourable report on plans, specifications and estimates for the construction of bridewells in the towns of Mallow, Middleton, Kanturk, Macroom, Bantry, Skibbereen, Clonakilty, Bandon, Dunmanway and Charleville in County Cork. Encloses copy letter from Francis Johnston, architect and inspector of civil buildings, Architect's Office, Dublin Castle, to Robert Robinson, assistant secretary, Board of Works, indicating that himself and Major Benjamin Blake Woodward, inspector general of prisons for the southern district, have made a full appraisal of plans and estimates for the proposed new jails in County Cork, and consider them acceptable and ‘well adapted’ for the intended purpose.

20 Jan 1825-27 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/111

Petition of James Donovan, preventative officer and waiter, Ballygarteen [Ballingurteen], Dunmanway, parish of Kilmeen, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting promotion to a situation in the water guards. Observes that by acting in support of government he ‘ran the risk of his life and disrepute of his neighbours’. Claims in 1820, the year he secured his post, he made seizure of ‘fifty Bales of Contraband tobacco’ and through his exertions the smugglers were found guilty and transported for a period of 7 years; adds that during his term in office he also lodged other quantities of tobacco and tea with Richard Hungerford, the port surveyor of Clonakilty.

31 Jan 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1151

Letter from Richard Willcocks, inspector general of police, Cork, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, relaying an application from Lieutenant Mathew Fitzpatrick for settlement of costs of medical expenses following an assault upon his person at the fair of Ballybuy [Ballybeg], in County Cork. Observes that Fitzpatrick and the other constables concerned have been paid the regular monthly medical allowance by the police establishment to date, 12 September 1825. Encloses cover letter from Fitzpatrick, chief constable of police, barony of East Carbery [West division], with memorial to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting issue of medical expenses which amounts to the sum of £15 for professional attendance by two doctors. Complains he was severely wounded at Ballybuy fair [near Dunmanway] on 5 August 1824 having been ‘violently assaulted by a mob of the peasantry who attacked him with sticks and stones’, 8; 12 September 1825. Also encloses a certificate from Richard Cox Bowden and David H Cox, magistrates of County Cork, declaring that Fitzpatrick was injured in the line of duty [n.d.]. Also encloses individual certificates from Francis Harris and JH Jagoe, medical doctors, confirming their treatment of Fitzpatrick for the wounds inflicted by the mob, 9; 18 September 1824.

8 Sep 1824-12 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1183

Anonymous letter [allegedly from Thomas Tuckey, magistrate of Dromaleague], Bantry, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, calling attention to the disruption causes by a fair held three times each year by Richard Beamish of Dromaleague, and requesting it be abolished. Observes on 26 August last when a riot broke out at the fair, he was unable to procure help as the nearest police barracks lies some 8 miles distant. In addition, he states the fair which is held at a location along the new coach road between Bantry and Dunmanway, constitutes an obstruction to the regular mail coach, 2 September 1825. Also letter from Reverend Thomas Tuckey, Church of Ireland rector and magistrate, Dromaleague [Drimoleague], County Cork, to Goulburn, stating a letter purporting to be from him on the subject of the fair of Dromaleague is in fact an impersonation. Observes the fair in question, which has been held over the past 5 or 6 years, is no more prone to riot than any other of a similar nature in the vicinity. Presumes, however, the fair is held ‘without any authority’ in law since the original patient was granted to Reverend Samuel Beamish of Mount Beamish in County Cork in 1788, and the present convenor [Richard Beamish] is ‘no more than a common farmer’ not related to the original patient holder, and lives about 13 miles away in a different barony. Annotation from CSO on base with clarification of the issue. Also note on search for patient holder of the fair of Dromaleague, which indicates the right belongs to Richard Tonson of Dunkettle, in the barony of West Carbery. Also damp press letter from Goulburn to Tuckey, communicating information as to the legality of the fair of Dromaleague, December 1825.

2 Sep 1825-Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1244

Letter from Joshua H Cox, magistrate, Manor House, Dunmanway, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a copy of the parliamentary statutes for use of the magistrates of Dunmanway. Complains of the need of the statutes as a reference source for ordinary proceedings and remarks his late father, Henry Cox, had a copy as did Edward Hayes, a magistrate who has recently retired from service due to age.

27 Sep 1825

1825

CSO/RP/SC/1825/244

Letter from Daniel Mahony, [police magistrate], Brigade Major of Cork, Kerry and Waterford yeomanry, Killarney, County Kerry, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing a copy letter from Reverend James Doheny, Roman Catholic parish priest, Dunmanway, County Cork, reflecting on the peaceful and law abiding state of his parish. Emphasises his jurisdiction is free of insurrection or plot, nor is there in any sign of trouble in any of the adjoining parishes; remarks the people are ‘extremely cautious against the Insinuations of strangers, and alarmists’, most of whom they regards as disloyal.

30 Jan 1825-11 Feb 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1826/401

Letter from John Smith Barry, Foreman of the County Cork Grand Jury, to Baron Richard Pennefather, [Baron of the Court of the Exchequer], explaining that the delay in the building of bridewells and court houses has been caused by the difficulty in procuring building materials in the more remote parts of the county and ‘combination among the masons and other persons employed’. Adding that a prosecution is being brought against workmen employed on the Middleton building works for having destroyed a large portion of cut stone. Enclosing the report of George R Paine, Superintending Architect to the Commissioners, Cork [extant] giving an account of building works at Bantry, Kenmare, Clonakilty, Skibbereen, Kanturk, Mallow, Middleton, Bandon, Macroom, Dunmanway and Charleville. Also covering letter from Pennefather, Cork, to William Gregory, Under Secretary.

27 Mar 1826-4 Apr 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1826/1343

Petition of John McCarthy, Dunmanway, [County Cork], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, seeking to be discharged from the Marshalsea of Dunmanway where he has been imprisoned under the order of Francis Harris, seneschal for a debt owed to Florence McCarthy. Noting that he served in the 58th Regiment of Foot.

12 Jul 1826

1826

CSO/RP/1827/78

Letter from Dan McKay, Stephen’s Green, Dublin, under the direction of the Lord Chancellor [Thomas Manners Sutton, 1st Baron Manners], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, stating that he did not recommend the reinstatement of Herbert Gillman, Woodbrook [House, Dunmanway, County Cork], to the Commission of the Peace, and enclosing a number of letters relating to his case. Includes letter from [Sir] Richard [Henry] Willcocks, Inspector General of Police [in Munster], Limerick, to Goulburn, forwarding on a letter sent to him by M Fitzpatrick, Chief Constable of Police, Dunmanway, [County Cork], stating that Gillman had previously been deprived of his position as a magistrate, and that the was ‘a man of most arbitrary character and universally disliked’. Also letter from Maj Daniel Mahony, [Dunloe Castle], Killarney, [County Kerry], testifying to Gillman’s good character and referring to enclosed letter from Rev James Doheny, Dunmanway, to Mahony, also in Gillman’s favour.

21 Dec 1826-25 Jan 1827

1827

CSO/RP/1827/534

Two letters from James Gillman, Dunmanway, [County Cork], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, and William Gregory, Under Secretary, seeking advice in relation the failure of a private bank in his area, which lost the money to be used for the payment of church rates, and enquiring if the churchwardens responsible would be redressed. Annotation on reverse giving legal opinion of Richard W Greene.

17 Apr 1827-12 May 1827

1827