People, Place and Power – The Grand Jury System in Ireland

52 23 5 George III, c. 14. This statute repealed 11, 12 and 13 James I, c. 7 (the act which introduced the 6-day labour obligation) and placed the responsibility for the repair of the roads on the county’s grand jury (sect. 2). It is unlikely to be a coincidence that these changes coincided with an interest in mapping the communications infrastructure in some counties. 24 Edward Wakefield, Account of Ireland (2 vols., London, 1812), i, pp 505, 659. 25 Wakefield, Account of Ireland , ii, p. 347. 26 Wakefield, Account of Ireland , i, pp 263-4. 27 No jurors’ names were recorded for Donegal’s summer 1761 and spring 1762 assizes. For the requirement to have twelve or more jurors see Níamh Howlin, ‘”The terror of their lives”: Irish jurors’ experiences’ in Law and History Review , (2011), p. 710, note 34 28 M. F. Cusack, A history of the Kingdom of Kerry (Dublin, 1871), p. 347; NLI Lane Poole notebook, ms 7227, p. 44. 29 The Grand Juries of the County of Westmeath (2 vols, Ledestown, 1853). No names were listed for 35 grand juries; these have been omitted. 30 Wakefield, Account of Ireland, ii, p. 348. 31 Wakefield, Account of Ireland , ii, pp 347-8. 32 Wakefield, Account of Ireland, ii, pp 604, 606, 611, 615, 772. 33 Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland) Act (57 George III c. 107); Grand Jury (Ireland) Act (6 & 7 William c. 116). 34 The Chief Secretary [Gerald Balfour] to Lord Lieutenant, 21 February 1898 (Hansard, liii, c. 1227). 35 Crossman, Local government in nineteenth century Ireland , p. 91. 36 Cork Constitution , 23 March 1891, p. 3; 25 March 1891, p. 6. 37 Cork Constitution , 28 March 1891, p. 4. 38 Report of Deputy Keeper of Public Records, Ireland (1892), pp 5-6. 39 Cork Daily Herald , 30 March 1891, p. 6. 40 ‘County Wicklow Grand Jury Presentments, Summer Assizes, 1793’ in Journal of West Wicklow Historical Society , ix (2017). 41 Accounts Ledger, c. 1794-1817 (Cavan County Archives, GJ/1, f. 6, no. 27); County of Clare Presentments at spring assizes, 1799 (Ennis, 1799), p. 6, no. 62; City of Kilkenny, presentments of Grand Jury, Lent 1803 (Kilkenny), p. 6. 42 County of Longford, abstract of presentments, Lent assizes, March 10, 1817 (no. 34). 43 County of Kilkenny, presentments of grand jury, Lent assizes, 1801 , p. 2.