NAI REFERENCE:
CSO/RP/1822/484
TITLE:
Tradesmen of Kinvarra, County Galway: for measure of relief
SCOPE & CONTENT:
Petition of tradesmen of Kinvarra, County Galway, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting relief as they have ‘no means left to support their families but pawning their Clothes and selling every little article they possessed for less than half Value’: proposes that aid be advanced to enable travel to colonies.
NAI REFERENCE:
CSO/RP/1822/1779
TITLE:
Arthur French St George, Oranmore, County Galway: on public works projects in region for alleviation of poor
SCOPE & CONTENT:
Letter from Arthur French St George, Tyrone, Oranmore, County Galway, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, indicating strong disappointment at failure to carry out repairs to road from Galway to Kinvarra, considered a worthwhile public works project.
10 Jun 1822-3 Jul 1822
NAI REF: CSO/RP/1822/348
ORIGINAL REF: CSORP1822/857 (abridged)
The Registered Papers of the Chief Secretary’s Office (National Archives) includes a letter
‘from Alexander Nimmo, civil engineer, Dublin, to Alexander Mangin, clerk, Civil Department, Dublin Castle, offering observations respecting implementation of public works schemes in region of Connemara, County Galway: also indicating intention to report on a road at Kinvarra, with a view to making repairs, as proposed by Arthur St George…’
The Burren and Beyond 