Transcript Carlow
- St. Mullins
- Graignamanagh 4th March 1847
Sir,
As Chairman of St. Mullins Relief Committee
(Co. Carlow) it is now for the second time my duty to
solicit through your charitable interference, some
assistance from Government towards our Relief Fund.
Already at your kind recommendation we have
received from the Lord Lieutenant a donation of £70 in aid
of a local subscription amounting to £82. For this generous
grant, which has been the means of saving many a life, I beg
on the part of the suffering poor of this district to return
our heartfelt thanks both to yourself and to His Excellency.
I now send you our second subscription list.
The amount is but £14 — We have appealed in vain to the
landed proprietors. From the principal proprietor, who is
very wealthy, and whose property in this district alone is
worth seven thousand pounds a year, well-paid money – from
him we could succeed in obtaining no more than £33 — There
is a lady residing in London that has some landed property
here, & who receives tithe rent-charge to amount of £500 a
year from this parish - & from this lady after a long delay
we received £3 —!! Thus we have no hopes from the landlords
- Our funds are completely exhausted – and, as you will
learn from a Circular of which I send you a copy, our Poor
House is crowded, and can receive no more paupers.
Under such circumstances our Committee
fervently hopes that you will once more in your charity
recommend the case of the destitute poor of St. Mullins to
the merciful consideration of His Excellency, the Lord
Lieutenant —
- I have the honour to be,
- Sir, Your much obliged servant
- D Maher
- Parish Priest Chairman
To
- Commissary General
- Sir Randolf J. Routh
[Relief Commission Papers, RLFC 3/2/3/29]
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