There may be records for Peace Officers in the National Archives of Ireland or National Archives Kew but I have never seen any..... records should exist as they were organised nationally and dispatched to "disturbed" counties. The only lists I have seen in the PPP for police in Carlow were compiled by various parishes, the men appointed were from the locality, I doubt if such appointments were recorded at a national level. Prior to the 1814 Peel Act areas were patrolled by a barony constabulary, yeomen, watchmen or a locally based Militia etc. appointed or raised by the Parish Beadle. a grand jury or the magistrates. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Turtle Bunbury <turtle@turtlebunbury.com>wrote: > Thanks Mick, > > Does anyone know of a place where all the Peace Officers for any > particular county would be listed ... I'm looking into a family called > Fletcher whose forbear was a policemen said to have been assigned to > Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, at the time of the Napoleonic Wars ... I > wonder who policed the streets before 1814? > > Best for now, > > Turtle > > Turtle Bunbury > www.turtlebunbury.com > Old Fort, Tobinstown, Tullow, Co. Carlow, Ireland > Mob: + 353 - (0) 87 - 6453 486 > Skype: turtle1847 > > Turtle Bunbury is a best-selling author and travel writer based in > Ireland. He has lately launched www.HistoryinaBook.com<http://www.historyinabook.com/>which offers an > innovative way to transform your family history into a compelling > read. Turtle's seventh book, Vanishing Ireland - Further Chronicles of > a Disappearing World, with photographer James Fennell, was the top- > selling Picture Book in Ireland over Christmas 2009. > > On 5 Mar 2010, at 09:42, michael purcell wrote: > > > Peace Officers appointed under the 1814 Peace Preservation Act , > > their role > > was to administer protection / justice as directed by the local > > Magistrates. They were replaced by the Royal Irish Constabulary > > ( R.I.C.) in > > 1823. > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Bill Webster <wbwebster@internode.on.net > > >wrote: > > > >>> From the following article, does anyone know what a peace officer > >>> was and > >> how appointed. It seems he did not have significant authority. > >> > >> Bill. > >> > >> The Morning Chronicle, Thursday, September 2, 1824. [NLI] > >> > >> > >> ATTEMPT AT SEDUCTION. > >> > >> > >> On Saturday evening, about five o'clock, several persons were > >> attracted > >> to the upper part of Trinity street, by the wild and distracted > >> cries of a > >> female of about 14 years of age, that had just escaped from one of > >> those > >> houses of infamous character in that neighbourhood. She clang > >> particularly > >> to a woman in the crowd, of a decent and motherly appearance, who > >> had a > >> child in her arms, and besought her protection. When she recovered a > >> little > >> from her agitation, on being questioned as to the particulars of the > >> transaction, she told the following story with the most heart- > >> touching > >> candour and simplicity: - She lived in TULLOW, in the county of > >> Carlow; her > >> name was ANTY (Anastasia?) SIMMONS. Some people from that > >> neighbourhood > >> came to Donybrook to sell cheese at the fair; she purchased a small > >> stock, > >> and accompanied them. On Saturday, whilst in the fair, a man of > >> sedate and > >> respectable appearance, in company with a fine looking lady, came > >> up to > >> her, > >> and, after some conversation, told her if she came into town he would > >> immediately give her a good place in his family, as he wanted a > >> servant of > >> her description; that the lady and all the neighbours advised her > >> to come > >> into town, which she accordingly did, with the gentleman, who > >> shortly after > >> leaving the fair, parted from the lady. He brought her to the > >> house 'there > >> beyand', and took her up stairs; that a woman (after some whispering > >> between > >> them) immediately came up, and began to close the shutters, and he > >> thereupon > >> attempted to take liberties with her; that on perceiving his > >> object, she > >> screamed, and ran down stairs; the two women below thought to hold > >> her, but > >> she escaped from them. At the conclusion of her story, she turned > >> round to > >> the crowd in the most pathetic manner and said: "Oh, all I want in > >> the wide > >> world is that some good Christian will bring me back to the people > >> I know > >> in > >> the fair, that I may get home to my own country. I had often heard > >> of > >> Dublin, but I never knew what it was before." Here the poor > >> creature burst > >> into tears. A gentleman who happened to be passing requested she > >> would > >> accompany him to College street Police-office, where the above > >> complaint > >> was > >> put in form on the day-constable's book. There being no Magistrate > >> at that > >> time in attendance, PEACE-OFFICER HALPIN, in the most praiseworthy > >> manner, > >> made her go along with him to the house to which she had been > >> entrapped. > >> The peace-officer being told by a person who had seen the gentleman > >> follow > >> the little girl from the house of ill fame, that he was walking up > >> and down > >> Dame-street, pursued him, and on addressing him, he assumed a most > >> determined tone. He asked the peace-officer for his authority for > >> stopping > >> him; the other evaded the question, as he had no warrant for taking > >> him > >> into > >> custody, and told him, all he wanted (and he would not let him go > >> unless he > >> gave it) was his address. He at length, after much altercation, > >> went into > >> a > >> public house, and wrote a name and address, which he gave to the > >> officer as > >> his. The peace-officer then sent the child to her friends in the > >> fair; she > >> promised him she would come back yesterday (Sunday), but as the > >> fair was > >> broken up on Saturday evening, it is supposed she went home with > >> her poor > >> neighbours. Several persons attended the poor girl to the police- > >> office, > >> and some of their names were taken down, who saw her make her escape. > >> [My caps] > >> > >> ======================================= > >> Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must > >> subscribe > >> to the List. Its FREE! > >> --------------------------------------- > >> To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to > >> IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without > >> the > >> quotes) in the Subject box. 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