O'Connell papers

  • Source Citation: O'Connell, "O'Connell papers".

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  • ID: S398
  • Source Index: 96

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Page: Standish O'Grady 2nd Viscount - Electioneering

  • To his wife, Derrynane Limerick, 25 October 1825, Tuesday My darling love, ... I did not tell you that * the mob ‘ drew me into and about Tralee. ... By the by there is an excellent inn at Listowe!. that is, the former inn is made perfectly warm and comfortable. . . . The provincial meeting1 has gone of! admirably. We had no less than six protcstafit speakers—Lords Lismore, Cloncurry and Dunally,’ Spring Rice, Counsellor Lloyd* and Capt Stowell.’ Lloyd is a candidate for the County of Limerick and will, it is generally believed, throw out the son of the Chief Baron* and everybody is glad of it. I gave him considerable support yesterday. It is terrific to think how the Chief Baron made the Court of Exchequer subservient to his county electioneering purposes. I got a darning address from the trades of Limerick.1 They- made a great procession in the streets to the Chapel and accompanied me back again. I spoke for something less than an hour and was as well received as it is possible for anybody to he. The crowd was immense. We had gentlemen in numbers from all the counties in the province. Waterford mustered strong, so did Cork. . . . The dinner* was splendid in every respect. 1 am, darling, in perfect health and in great fresh spirits. I find so much kindness and affection from the Catholics everywhere, especially the people. I need not bid you write to me every port. It would be cruel not to write. Give me details of our children. Again tell Morgan I rely on his promise not to leave Derrynane until he is well. He wanted to go to Carhen at a time when the journey would certainly have ruined him, and probably for life. . . .

Page: Waller O'Grady and Thomas Spring Rice

  • On 8 February Waller O’Grady, a barrister, and Thomas Spring Rice attempted to fight a duel near Ballsbridge, Dublin, but were appre- hended and bound to the peace. O’Grady later apologized to Spring Rice. The challenge had been issued because O’Grady had made an insulting remark about Spring Rice’s father-in-law, Lord Limerick (DEP, 10 Feb. 1824). This quarrel arose from an inquiry by the House of Commons into the legality of certain fees charged by chief judges in Ireland in which O’Grady’s father, Standish O’Grady, chief baron of the (Irish) exchequer, was subjected to hostile criti- cism. Spring Rice had taken a prominent part in attempting, though unsuccessfully, to have Chief Baron O’Grady’s conduct investigated, (see especially Commons Journal, LXXVHI, 466-7, 470; DEP, 15 July 1823

Events & Attributes

PersonClaimDateDetailAge
Waller O’Grady 🧬QuarrelFeb 8, 1824On 8 February Waller O’Grady, a barrister, and Thomas Spring Rice attempted to fight a duel near Ballsbridge, Dublin, but were appre- hended and bound to the peace. O’Grady later apologized to Spring Rice. The challenge had been issued because O’Grady ., Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland [96]
Standish O’Grady 1st Viscount Guillamore ~PoliticsOct 25, 1825Lloyd is a candidate for the County of Limerick and will, it is generally believed, throw out the son of the Chief Baron* and everybody is glad of it. I gave him considerable support yesterday. It is terrific to think how the Chief Baron made the Court, Limerick, Ireland [96]