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Petitions and Resolutions
IE 2135 P4/3 · Series · c. 1812-1859
Part of The Thomas Spring Rice Papers

This series contains petitions and resolutions from guilds, societies, organisations and private individuals.

Rice, Thomas Spring, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon
IE 2135 P4/3/1/1 · Item · [c. 1812-1817]
Part of The Thomas Spring Rice Papers

Petition from the bankers, merchants and traders of Limerick to the Right Honourable Charles Vereker MP for the Recorder of the city to be authorised to hold the weekly Court of Record when the Mayor and Sheriffs are unable to precede over it, and other related improvements to the Court of Record. The petition ends abruptly and may be a draft or a copy.

Rice, Thomas Spring, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon
IE 2135 P4/3/1/9 · Item · 8 March 1830
Part of The Thomas Spring Rice Papers

Petition by the Guild of Coopers against the recent amendments to the Butter Trade Act which has enabled farmers to purchase cheap butter casks, resulting in loss of trade to coopers.

Rice, Thomas Spring, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon
IE 2135 P4/2/1/2 · Item · 3 September 1825
Part of The Thomas Spring Rice Papers

Petition by the fishermen of Limerick city resident at the North Strand against the acts of oppression by the Corporation to prevent the fishermen from practicing their trade on the river Shannon.

Rice, Thomas Spring, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon
IE 2135 P4/3/1/4 · Item · 12 March 1827
Part of The Thomas Spring Rice Papers

Petition by James Walsh, Chairman of the Dealers in Old Clothes, Mary Street, Limerick, against the attempt to subject the dealers to a licence as hawkers and pedlars under the provisions of the act of the 55th of George III and seeking repeal of that act.

Rice, Thomas Spring, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon
IE 2135 P4/3/1/5 · Item · 24 March 1827
Part of The Thomas Spring Rice Papers

Petition by James Hickey, Overseer, Limerick, seeking a grant of £240 to enable the overseers of St Michael’s parish to support the 80 children in ‘the Institution’ who being over the age of 12 months would not be received into the National Foundling Institution at Dublin.

Rice, Thomas Spring, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon
Peter the Pencil
IE 2135 P3/7/2/1/17 · File · c. 1960s
Part of The Frances Condell Papers

Envelope containing two different typescript versions of a children’s story entitled Peter the Pencil written by Frances Condell.

Condell, Frances née Eades (1916-1986), first female Mayor of Limerick