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NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1818/62 |
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TITLE: |
Request from John Cole seeking appointment to post of tidewaiter or other employment |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Petition from John Cole, mariner, Bantry, County Cork, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, for post of tidewaiter or any other government appointment. Outlines experience gained at sea and in service of the Royal Navy, a career curtailed ‘when attacked with a Bowel Complaint he was Obliged to Request his Discharge to obtain medical assistance’; at present ‘having a Wife and Six Children, and out of any Employ [sic]’, petitioner seeks ‘tidewaiters situation at Cork, or any Post’. Encloses character certificate in which is stated that Cole ‘served as midshipman at Sheep’s Head Signal Station’ under command of Henry Ayres, Lieutenant, Royal Navy. |
EXTENT: |
2 items; 3pp |
DATE(S): |
6 Jan 1818 |
DATE EARLY: |
1818 |
DATE LATE: |
1818 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
CSORP1818/C2 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1818/282 |
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TITLE: |
Major William Hill, Dublin: application for lease to crown lands of Commons, parish of Templedycan, County Wexford |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Petition of Major William Hill, 6th West India Regiment, 19 Manor Street, Dublin, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, making application for grant of lease to crown lands of Commons, parish of Templedycan [sic], Barony of Bantry, County Wexford. Relates past service to crown and complains of inadequacy of half pay as means of support; emphasises that the land in view is but ‘a Receptacle for Robbers and sheep stealers’; states his wish to pay a ‘Reasonable Yearly Rent…on getting a lease’. Includes earlier copy of petition and support documentation connected with previous lease held by Richard Povey. |
EXTENT: |
5 items; 8pp |
DATE(S): |
30 Jan 1818-2 Feb 1818 |
DATE EARLY: |
1818 |
DATE LATE: |
1818 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
CSORP1818/H22 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1819/152 |
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TITLE: |
Letter from James Campbell, County Cork, concerning his request for compensation for services as a commissariat store keeper |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Letter from James Campbell, Fermoy, County Cork, formerly commissariat store keeper on Whiddy Island, Bantry Bay, County Cork, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning a petition he sent on 9 January requesting compensation for his services in the commissariat department. |
EXTENT: |
1 item; 2pp |
DATE(S): |
13 Jan 1819 |
DATE EARLY: |
1819 |
DATE LATE: |
1819 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
CSORP1819/C179 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1819/240 |
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TITLE: |
Papers concerning petition of the publican and grocers of New Ross, County Wexford, concerning their grievances respecting excise licences |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Letter from Caesar Colclough, 22 Craven Street, London, MP for County Wexford, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, enclosing petition of the publican and grocers of New Ross, County Wexford, concerning excise licences [not present - annotation indicates petition returned with reply]. Colclough notes the distress of areas across 4 baronies in County Wexford - Shelburn[e], Bargy and Forth, and Bantry. Also copy of letter of reply from Grant to Colclough, acknowledging receipt of petition and advising that its grievances, concerning higher rates in New Ross compared to Enniscorthy, are answered in new excise licence act. |
EXTENT: |
2 items; 5pp |
DATE(S): |
27 May 1819 |
DATE EARLY: |
1819 |
DATE LATE: |
1819 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
CSORP1819/C308 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1819/628 |
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TITLE: |
Petition of Reverend Daniel McCarthy, County Cork, requesting employment for his son |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Petition of Reverend Daniel McCarthy, Evergreen, Youghal, County Cork, formerly Roman Catholic priest, later clergyman of the established church, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting government employment for either of his sons and emphasising the distress of his family's situation, 17 August 1819. Encloses several testimonials in support of his application, vouching for his character and conduct, including William Thompson, Church of Ireland Archdeacon of Cork; and Lord Bantry, 14 April 1801- 18 August 1819. |
EXTENT: |
4 items; 9pp |
DATE(S): |
14 Apr 1801-18 Aug 1819 |
DATE EARLY: |
1801 |
DATE LATE: |
1819 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
CSORP1819/M208 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1819/1003 |
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TITLE: |
Petition of resident gentlemen of baronies in County Wexford, requesting supply of foreign potatoes for labouring poor in area |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Petition of resident gentlemen of baronies of Bargy, Shelburne, Shelmaliere, and Bantry, in County Wexford, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting government assistance for poor landholders and labouring classes of the area 'to obtain potatoes from a foreign market'. Emphasises the disastrous impact of failure of the potato crop in area, and states that there are not sufficient supplies to seed the ground for next year's crop. Signed by Samuel Boyse, chairman of meeting convened on 22 April 1819. |
EXTENT: |
1 item; 2pp |
DATE(S): |
22 Apr 1819 |
DATE EARLY: |
1819 |
DATE LATE: |
1819 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
CSORP1819/W141 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1820/45 |
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TITLE: |
Sir James C Anderson, Dublin: for appointment to office of himself and son |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Letter from Sir James C Anderson, 19 Cumberland Street, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting personal appointment for himself and son and enclosing printed resolutions of a meeting of creditors of Messrs John Anderson and Company, chaired by Earl Mountcashel and attended by Lords Doneraile, Shannon and Bantry, held in Fermoy, County Cork, on 19 June 1816. |
EXTENT: |
2 items; 5pp |
DATE(S): |
20 Mar 1820 |
DATE EARLY: |
1820 |
DATE LATE: |
1820 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
CSORP1820/A52 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1820/130 |
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TITLE: |
Bantry Bay Fishery Association, Bantry, County Cork: supply of salt to poor fishermen in the district |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Petition of Bantry Bay Fishery Association, Bantry, county Cork, to the Lords of His Majesty’s Treasury, requesting adjustment in terms under which salt is supplied to poor fishermen in the district. |
EXTENT: |
1 item; 4pp |
DATE(S): |
31 May 1820 |
DATE EARLY: |
1820 |
DATE LATE: |
1820 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
CSORP1820/B44 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1820/186 |
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TITLE: |
Robert Burton, Clonakilty, County Cork: for appointment of son Charles to post of tidewaiter and for himself to coadjutor assistant barrister for towns of Bandon, Clonakilty, Skibbereen and Bantry |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Letter from Robert Burton, Clonakilty, County Cork, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment of son Charles to post of tidewaiter in revenue department in Clonakilty, and for himself, the post of coadjutor assistant barrister for towns of Bandon, Clonakilty, Skibbereen and Bantry. Mentions support of Duke of Richmond and his particular claims on government, and in postscript note ‘the many instances of my grandfather’s loyalty, when Lord Mayor of Dublin’. |
EXTENT: |
1 item; 4pp |
DATE(S): |
30 Oct 1820 |
DATE EARLY: |
1820 |
DATE LATE: |
1820 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
CSORP1820/B113 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1820/218 |
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TITLE: |
Lord Bantry, County Cork: for loan to J O’Sullivan |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Letter from Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, Bantry, County Cork, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, observing that a loan of £1,000 to J O’Sullivan, who ‘conducts the butter and corn trade… will be of the greatest service to this district’. |
EXTENT: |
1 item; 3pp |
DATE(S): |
1 Nov 1820 |
DATE EARLY: |
1820 |
DATE LATE: |
1820 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
CSORP1820/B155 |