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Match 1 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/1174
TITLE:

Boat owners of Rush, County Dublin: for payment of government bounty
SCOPE & CONTENT:

File of material relating to application for payment of government bounty from boat owners of Rush, County Dublin. Includes letter from Richard Sharpe, Rush House, Swords, county Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, advancing detailed claim of fishermen of Rush and enclosing memorial to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, making appeal for payment of bounty money by commissioners of Irish fisheries to cover expenses of fitting out vessels, and to acknowledge misunderstanding as to criteria for payment bounty and inaccuracy in making journal entries, signed by nine boat owners: encloses statements and affidavits in support of case, 6 November 1820; includes letter from Thomas Wetherall, Customs House, Dublin, to Sharpe making observation that collectively the men of Rush, Skerries and Balbriggan accounted for ‘more Industry than any other vessels belonging to this part of the Coast’, 24 November 1820; includes letter from Henry Townsend, Irish Fishery Office, Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin, to Grant, indicating that a ‘reduced Bounty’ might be offered but observing ‘as these Vessels do not appear to the Board to have cured all the fish they caught, the Board entertains doubts whether they are empowered under the Law to grant them Tonnage Bounty’, 20 December 1820.
EXTENT:

10 items; 25pp
DATE(S):

6 Nov 1820-20 Dec 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/S71
Match 2 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1821/160
TITLE:

Letter from Henry Townsend, secretary to commissioners of Irish fisheries, concerning request of John Jagoe, County Cork, for money for curing house
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Henry Townsend, Irish fishery office, Dublin, secretary to commissioners of Irish fisheries, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 25 May 1821, reporting, as requested, the opinion of the commissioners of fisheries, respecting enclosed petition of John Jagoe, Bantry, County Cork, requesting grant of money from consolidated fund to build a curing house, 15 May 1821.
EXTENT:

2 items; 4pp
DATE(S):

15 May 1821-25 May 1821
DATE EARLY:

1821
DATE LATE:

1821
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1821/164
Match 3 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1821/830
TITLE:

File of papers relating to efforts of commissioners of Irish fisheries to prevent trawling
SCOPE & CONTENT:

File of papers relating to efforts of the commissioners of Irish fisheries, to prevent trawling. Includes letter from Colonel Robert Ward, Bangor, County Down, a govenor of County Down, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, complaining of the injury to the fisheries from, '…that very destructive mode of Fishing called Trawling' in Belfast Lough. Urges necessity of enhancing the powers of the commissioners of Irish fisheries to combat trawling, 8 September 1821. Encloses letter from Andrew McEntire [sic], Scotland, to Ward, complaining of the arrival of Irish trawlers to Scottish waters at Loch of Luce, 21 August 1821. Also letter from Henry Townsend, secretary to commissioners of Irish Fisheries, Irish Fisheries Office, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, to Colonel Ward's comments, and reporting on need for a modification of fisheries legislation, 21 November 1821.
EXTENT:

4 items; 13pp
DATE(S):

21 Aug 1821-[Nov 1821]
DATE EARLY:

1821
DATE LATE:

1821
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1821/861
Match 4 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1821/831
TITLE:

Letter from Henry Townsend, Irish fisheries, concerning appointment of inspector of fisheries
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Henry Townsend, secretary to commissioners of Irish Fisheries, Irish Fisheries office, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting that the commissioners have approved John Boyce, as being properly qualified for a local inspector of fisheries post.
EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp
DATE(S):

27 Feb 1821
DATE EARLY:

1821
DATE LATE:

1821
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1821/862
Match 5 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1821/832
TITLE:

Petition of owners of fishing vessels, in north County Dublin, concerning tonnage bounty
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of the owners of fishing vessels of Howth, Baldoyle, and Malahide, County Dublin, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning the refusal of the fishery commissioners to grant the bounty to each of the vessels, following the fishermen's failure to realise that the means for obtaining the grant had changed. Emphasises numbers employed by each vessel, and states that without the bounty, they will be forced to sell their boats. Expresses hope that, 'the Ignorance of the Industrious man may not be held as a bar to his exertions…'. Petition states names of 16 fishermen, including the name of each of their boats. Signed by Joseph Richard, on behalf of the fishermen, and certified with signature and seal of William St Lawrence, 2nd earl of Howth and Richard Wogan Talbot, 2nd baron Talbot of Malahide, [March 1821]. Annotation by Chief Secretary's Office, indicates that petition was referred to commissioners of fisheries. Also letter from Henry Townsend, secretary to commissioners of Irish Fisheries, Irish Fisheries Office, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, to the petition, and stating reason for the refusal of the bounty, 4 April 1821.
EXTENT:

2 items; 6pp
DATE(S):

[Mar 1821]-4 Apr 1821
DATE EARLY:

1821
DATE LATE:

1821
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1821/863
Match 6 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1821/833
TITLE:

Letter from Henry Townsend, Irish fisheries, concerning recruitment of inspectors of fisheries
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Henry Townsend, Irish Fisheries office, Dublin, secretary to commissioners of Irish Fisheries, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning failure of John Brennan, a nominee for a post as local inspector of fisheries, to attend at his examination, owing to ill health, 16 January 1821. Encloses copies of 2 letters and 2 medical certificates, numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4, relating to Brennan's case, 19 December 1820-9 January 1821.
EXTENT:

5 items; 9pp
DATE(S):

19 Dec 1820-16 Jan 1821
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1821
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1821/864
Match 7 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1821/834
TITLE:

Letter from Henry Townsend, Irish fisheries, requesting copy of parliamentary report on British fisheries
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Henry Townsend, Irish Fisheries office, Dublin, secretary to commissioners of Irish Fisheries, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting a copy of each report on subject of British fisheries, produced by the House of Commons committee, for use of the commissioners of Irish Fisheries.
EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp
DATE(S):

18 Sep 1821
DATE EARLY:

1821
DATE LATE:

1821
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1821/865
Match 8 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1821/835
TITLE:

Letter from Henry Townsend, Irish fisheries, concerning case of Francis Quinn, herring fisherman
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Henry Townsend, Irish Fisheries office, Dublin, secretary to commissioners of Irish Fisheries, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting, as requested, the opinion of the commissioners on a petition of Francis Quinn, a herring fisherman on tonnage bounty. Quinn requests government assistance, following his fishing boat being wrecked in September 1820, on its way from Dublin to Strangford, County Down. Townsend reports that the fishery laws do not allow for any such compensation.
EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp
DATE(S):

27 Feb 1821
DATE EARLY:

1821
DATE LATE:

1821
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1821/866
Match 9 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1821/837
TITLE:

Letter from Henry Townsend, Irish fisheries, concerning funds for encouragement of fisheries
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Henry Townsend, Irish Fisheries office, Dublin, secretary to commissioners of Irish Fisheries, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting that Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, direct the payment of £5,000 to the commissioners, for the encouragement of Irish fisheries.
EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp
DATE(S):

31 Oct 1821
DATE EARLY:

1821
DATE LATE:

1821
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1821/868
Match 10 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1821/838
TITLE:

Letter from Henry Townsend, Irish fisheries, concerning conduct of Henry Cashell, inspector of fisheries
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Henry Townsend, Irish Fisheries office, Dublin, secretary to commissioners of Irish Fisheries, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning a recent case at Galway assizes, where, in the course of his evidence, Henry Cashell, inspector of fisheries for Galway town, referred to his practice of receiving fees. Townsend states that commissioners wish to establish the details of the statement, 'which, if true, would subject the delinquent to forfeiture of office and a penalty of £100'.
EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp
DATE(S):

14 Nov 1821
DATE EARLY:

1821
DATE LATE:

1821
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1821/869

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