1822 Estimate of Cost of Providing Policing in Irish County with ten Baronies with Provision for £30 per Constable and Shoeing 26 Horses.

http://www.csorp.nationalarchives.ie/

The project was made possible by a bequest from the late Professor Francis J Crowley. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Professor Crowley was educated at Yale and Princeton, and became a professor of French at the University of California at Los Angeles. Both his parents were born in Ireland, and in his will he bequeathed most of his estate to the Republic of Ireland to be used for the preservation of records of the history of the Irish people.

1822, Letter of Protest from Dr. Elmore, Clonakilty, Co. Cork against Dismissal of Rickard Deasy Early Catholic Magistrate.

At the time there was a a considerable amount of dismissals possibly because of age or infirmity.

The project was made possible by a bequest from the late Professor Francis J Crowley. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Professor Crowley was educated at Yale and Princeton, and became a professor of French at the University of California at Los Angeles. Both his parents were born in Ireland, and in his will he bequeathed most of his estate to the Republic of Ireland to be used for the preservation of records of the history of the Irish people.

The Deasys were part of an extended family network heavily invloved in politics:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eq_IayaxdUyWZWbpDf6LWlLNg7o-3tNJiqPGYIALy80/edit

Appointment of Military Officers as Magistrates, Co. Cork, 1821 During Disturbances

http://www.csorp.nationalarchives.ie/

The project was made possible by a bequest from the late Professor Francis J Crowley. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Professor Crowley was educated at Yale and Princeton, and became a professor of French at the University of California at Los Angeles. Both his parents were born in Ireland, and in his will he bequeathed most of his estate to the Republic of Ireland to be used for the preservation of records of the history of the Irish people.

Committals to Cork County Jail 1821 and Suggestion to Improve Magistracy in the South of Ireland in a Period of Rapid Population Growth.

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The project was made possible by a bequest from the late Professor Francis J Crowley. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Professor Crowley was educated at Yale and Princeton, and became a professor of French at the University of California at Los Angeles. Both his parents were born in Ireland, and in his will he bequeathed most of his estate to the Republic of Ireland to be used for the preservation of records of the history of the Irish people.

Sir James O’Connor (Wexford Solicitor, Barrister, Judge Forced to Retire 1922), on Michael Davitt Magistrates (Shopkeepers, Amenable to Influence Sometimes even to Partial Corruption)  1892, Irish Judicial Pay Pre 1922.

His was given his P45 arising from the Anglo-Irish Treaty.  He tried the Bar in England and wishes to resume practise in Ireland.  He was allowed to return as a solicitor but the judgement debarred former Judges by the Supreme Court.   This decision was challenged successfully by former High Court Judge Barry White.

Some Cork Magistrates:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZvT84JCKTIhMqqZjJsF_AUJLH8S820ksObykwOty3wg/edit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O%27Connor_(Irish_jurist)

From his History of Ireland.

http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/16th-january-1926/27/sir-james-oconnors-history-of-ireland

1786, Rates of Tithe, Co. Cork,  Per Irish Acre for Potatoes, Wheat, Barley, Oats, Meadow.

Storytelling on Cape Clear Island from the Financial Times and local Folklore

Jack Dukelow (1866-1953), Rossmore, Durrus, West Cork, linking O’Sullivan Bere to Past and Present Governor of Louisiana and former US Senator for Louisiana.

Henry Bryan, and Extended Dukelow, Durrus family, from Knockeenboy, Dunmanway, West Cork, 1855-1930 was a fluent Irish speaker, musician and folklorist. He moved to Glenville in 1892 and his house became a mecca for travellers from other parts of Ireland for folklore and Irish stories.

1938 School Folklore Project, Sarah Dukelow, Clashadoo, Durrus, Co. Cork.

Gortnagrough, Ballydehob, in School folklore Collection 1937 and Folk Museum and West Cork Methodism.

Carrigboy, Durrus, School Folklore Collection, 1938

Spinning and Weaving John and Isaac Johnson and John Croston Weavers of Old from 1938 School Folklore Collection, Carrigboy National School, Durrus, West Cork. From Breda McCarthy, Coolcuaghta.

These Customs will Live In Ireland as long as Grass Grows and Water Runs and Oppression and Slavery have Failed to Destroy Them, Visiting the Spring on May Day Morning, St. John’s Eve, Skellig, Samhain from 1938 School Folklore Collection, Carrigboy School, Durrus. West Cork.

‘Black Denis’ Cronin, Coomkeen, Matthew O’Mahony, William Miller, Timothy (Casey) McCarthy, Coolculaghta, Basket Makers, 1938 School Folklore Collection, Carrigboy National School, Durrus, West Cork.  From Breda McCarthy, Coolcuaghta.

https://next.ft.com/content/844e5744-8863-11e5-90de-f44762bf9896

1913, Egg Distribution Stations, Rural Districts of Bantry, Clonakilty, Castletownbere Co. Cork, of Turkey, Geese and Poultry Breeding Eggs (Brown and white Leghorn, Embeden Geese, Red Sussex, Black Minorca) Preference Given to Cottagers and Small Farmers.

This was part of the policy of improving agriculture from the later 19th century in rural Ireland.