1823-24 Insurrection Act commitals of Clare men

[smcarberry]

Before the EPPI website had to take down its British Parliamentary Papers section (due to the expense), I printed out the pages which contained data on committals of Clare men pursuant to the Insurrection Act. The list was fairly short, so it is feasible to post it here. However, I know that columns cannot be spaced out here for easier reading, so just do your best to read each line as though the line has divisions for columns: name, offense, and date of committal. I am showing each line in the same order as on the original page, although that makes the dates seem out of order. The end-parenthesis mark is used in place of the original bracket running from line to line, to show a group of defendants. There is no explanation why such groupings were made. I have not shown additional columns which provide the number of days of each committal (all but two were under 30 days in length) nor the date of trial. Since every one of these men was acquitted, the time they served was all before trial.

There was no indication as to where in the county their residences were.

Sharon Carberry
USA

County of Clare
A return of all persons committed under the Insurrection Act, from 1st January 1823 to 1st February 1824
p. 6 of Ireland: Commitments, Etc. Under the Insurrection Act
taken from the former British Parliamentary Papers section of the EPPI website

abbreviations used by transcriber:
“found out” stands for “found out of their place of abode (or dwelling place), one hour after sunset and
before sunrise”

“being absent” stands for “being absent from their usual place of abode, one hour after sunset and before sunrise”
“like” and “ditto” refers to an indication that the prior term/date in the same column applies

Names Nature of Offence Date of Committal

John McInerheny) found out... May 3, 1823
John Conway )
Michael Burke )

Jeffery O'Connell like May 2, ___
Henry Lyons like May 7, ___
Patrick Flannery like May 14, ___

James Flannery ) like ditto
John Hassett )
Mathew Neville)
Patrick Clune )

Daniel McInerheny) like May 18, ___
John Hogan )

______ Connerty ) being absent...
Patrick M'Namara May 19, ____

Patrick Clune like May 11, ___
Daniel McInerheny like April 19, ___

John Mulqueeny ) like May 17, ___
John Quinlan )

James M'Mahon ) like May 19, ___
Denis M'Mahon )

Simon Hickey ) like May 18, ___
Edmond Hickey)

Denis Malony ) like May 23, ___
Patrick Fahy )

John Leary ) being absent... June 16, ___
George Frost ) June 23, ___
Corenlius Ewright) [sic] June 24, ___
James Harte ) May 25, ___
Patrick M'Donagh) June 22, ___


Darby Sullivan ) like June 15, ___
James Sullivan )

Denis Lahiff ) having in their possession June 10, ___
Patrick Nelson) arms concealed

Bartholomew Byrne found out of his usual place... May 17, ___

Daniel Moylan ) being absent April 10, ___
Thomas Moylan)

Michael Higgins like June 24, ___
James M'Namara like June 9, ___

John Fitzgerald) found out... June 21, ___
Patrick Sands

Simon Hough like June 26, ___

Michael Minogue) being absent... ditto
James Minogue )

John Vaughan Mathew) [sic] like July 14, ___
Patrick Vaughan )
Thomas M'Namara )
John O'Neill )

Martin Reddan ) found out... July 14, ___
James Carroll )
Denis Carty )
James Hardgrove)
John Lyons )
James Lyons )
James Shuly )
John Vaughan )
Patrick Doyle )

James Doyle like June 18, ___

Denis Hogan, jun. ) being absent... July 18, ___
Martin Hogan )
Daniel Hogan )

Daniel Malone ) like June 16, ___
John Connell )

James Edward Vaughan like July 18, ___


Michael Dunneen ) like August 4, ___
Patrick Dunneen )
Mathew Nihill )
Thomas Hickey )
Mathew Leaden )
John Crowe )
Patrick Hannon )
James O'Brien )
Michael O'Brien )

John M'Namara like July 26, ___
Edmund Ryan like July 14, ___
John Slattery like July 22, ___
Patrick Malone like July 24, ___

Patrick Mara ) like August 4, ___
Thomas O'Loghlen)

James Shaughnessey like August 9, ___

Lott Kelly ) delivering an unlawful message May 31, ___
James Slattery) threatening violence

John M'Namara ) being found out... August 12, ---
Patrick M'Namara, sen.)
Patrick M'Namara, jun.)
John Heffernan )
John Lynch )
John Liddane )
John Hassett )

Daniel M'Inerheny like Sept. 1, ___

James O'Dea being absent... August 29, ___

William Keliher found out... and having a certain notice Sept. 3, ___
tending to excite [sic] an unlawful combination

John Howley ) found out... ditto
Denis Sexton )
Thomas Downy)
Patrick M'Grath)
James Sexton )

Daniel Laughnane) being absent... Sept. 19, ___
Lawrence M'Namara) Sept. 18, ___

Lawrence M'Grath) found out... Sept. 11, ___
John Guerin ) ditto
John Hewitt being absent Sept. 28, ___

Thomas Brenan found out... August 21, ___

Thomas Tauhy [sic]) unlawfully and tumultuously assembling Sept. 11, ___
Denis Tauhy ) in the daytime, and being absent...
Simon Tauhy )

Michael M'Namara) found out... Oct. 25, ___
John Hickey )
James Cusack )

Thomas Sheenan [sic] being absent... Oct. 24, ___

Thomas Crowe ) found out... Nov. 13, ___
Michael Taaffe )
Michael Nowlan )
Patrick Fitzgerald)
Thomas Jordan )

Thomas Tent ) like Nov. 12, ___
Patrick Moran )
John Moran )
Denis Sheehan)

Lawrence Linnane like Dec. 7, ___

Patrick Brady ) being absent... Dec. 4, ___
Thomas Brady)

Patrick Foley ) like Dec. 2, ___
James M'Inerheny ) Nov. 2, ___
Thomas Kinnavane) Dec. 3, ___

John Jones ) found out... Dec. 7, ___
Patrick Nihill ) Jan. 8, 1824
Michael Quean) [sic, Quinn?] Jan. 10, ___
James Hinchy ) Jan. 6, ___
Patrick Collins ) Jan. 10, ___

John Hallinan having arms and ammunition in his possession concealed - - - [no date shown]