County Carlow Police, 1822
County of Carlow - New Police
On Tuesday, the 10th instant, a meeting
of Magistrates took place in this town, according to
adjournment, for the purpose of appointing the new constables
- Colonel Rochfort in the Chair: seventeen Magistrates
present.
Major Tandy attended with the list of
those who had been selected, which met the general approbation
of the Magistrates and the business of the day terminated to
the satisfaction of the meeting.
There have been seventy-two constables
appointed for the county at large, fourteen to each barony,
and divided as follows :- Carlow 8; Hacketstown, 6; Rathvilly,
6; Tullow, 6; Myshall, 5; Blacklion, 5; The Ridge, 6;
Bagenalstown, 8; Borris, 8; St. Mullins, 10 ; Nurney, 4.
This town is of course to be
head-quarters, where we are to have a resident chief constable
(not yet named), who is to keep up a regular communication
with the other chief constables, to be stationed at Tullow and
Borris. So that the entire body may be brought to act in any
one part of the county at a few hours' notice.
Major Tandy is to have the command of
the whole district, and we are very willing to acknowledge
that the establishment could not be under better
surveillance.-
Source: Carlow Morning Post., and
The Times, December 17, 1822, p. 2.