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CSO/RP/1820/1256

Petition of Robert Talbot, Drimoleague, near Bantry, County Cork, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post under government; claims to have served for eleven years in the Royal Navy and was discharged with a pension of £7.4.0 per year, a payment ‘he finds entirely insufficient to procure him subsistence’.

Apr 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1821/1334

Petition of Robert Talbot, Drimoleague, County Cork, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting employment in the revenue department, emphasising his previous service in the Royal Navy. Encloses testimonials of his good character [none present - annotation indicates that these were returned to Talbot].

Mar 1821

1821

CSO/RP/1822/3369

Petition of Reverend Thomas Tuckey, Church of Ireland rector of Dromaleague [Drimoleague], County Cork, to the general central committee for poor relief in County Cork, reporting on a line of road recently completed in the area, from funds granted for the relief of the parish. Requests government money to build a new bridge, to complete the road. [presumably forwarded to Dublin Castle by the central committee].

18 Jul 1822

1822

CSO/RP/1822/3317

Plan and estimate for a bridge intended to be built over the Aunafulla [sic] stream in the parish of Drimoleague, County Cork, on the crossroad connecting the new and old lines of road between Dunmanway and Bantry, County Cork. Includes elevation drawing of proposed bridge in blank ink, with colour wash to indicate roads.

[1822]

1822

CSO/RP/1823/825

Letter from Edward Gillman, Cotton Hill, Dunmanway, County Cork, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, 1 June 1823, enclosing petition of inhabitants of Drimoleague and its vicinity near Dunmanway, to Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning difficulties posed to improvement of the area due to lack of roads; recommends construction of a new road, 'branching off from the Skibbereen road through the interior of the country, and forming a communication with the new mail coach road leading from Dunmanway to Bantry..'. Petition signed by 8 individuals. Pencil annotations on reverse of Gillman's letter, by Gregory and Wellesley, 6 June 1823. [Contains list of names not given in this description]

1 Jun 1823-6 Jun 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1824/1732

Letter from Major Thomas D’Arcy, Belfast, County Antrim, inspector general of police for province of Ulster, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, reporting on application of Robert Webster for advance of compensation for past services to police and revenue. Remarks that while serving under his superintendence in County Donegal, Webster was ‘very active in assisting to suppress illicit Distillation’, 26 October 1824. Returns memorial from Webster, 22 Peter Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking advance of compensation on account of long period of service to King and country and for redress of arrears claimed from the Excise Board for duties carried out at Inishowen, County Donegal. Refers to having spent 12 years in military service, largely with the 2nd battalion of light infantry, and also makes reference to his work with the police and the board of excise. Recollects his part in the military force at Dunnaleague, [Drimoleague], County Cork, near to where the French intended making an incursion in 1796; adds in the following year he served under General Sir Eyre Coote, and Colonel Wilkinson of the 30th Regiment of Foot, with responsibility for escorting prisoners charged with treason, and for protection of military approvers. Also claims in the 1798 Rebellion he served under General Sir John Moore at Rosscarbery, County Cork, and was instrumental in apprehending ‘a Ringleader of the united [Irish] men’ who was charged with the murder of [William] Morris of Benduff, 5 October 1824. Also further application from Webster to Goulburn, providing detail of various claims on government for duties performed in counties Donegal, Galway and Wexford. Remarks that while in County Galway ‘a conspiracy was formed to take my life for having a warrant executed on priest Fahey’ and also notes his discovery of Ribbonmen in that quarter, 3 November 1824.

5 Oct 1824-3 Nov 1824

1824

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/1832/4660

Letter from A O’Driscoll, Shepperton, [County Cork], to Maj William Miller, [Inspector General], forwarding threatening and anti tithe notices [extant] posted in Drimoleague [Dromdaleague] and reporting on outrages in his area and recommending the strengthening of the military in the area. Also covering letter from Miller, to Edward Smith Stanley, [Chief Secretary] and related letter from John Warner, Bantry. Also letters from [Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron] Templemore, Military Secretary, Royal Hospital, Dublin and Col William Ware, Cork.

18 Sep 1832-8 Oct 1832

1832