{"id":1289,"date":"2024-12-16T17:18:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T17:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/national-archives.go-vip.net\/?page_id=1289"},"modified":"2025-06-19T13:08:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T13:08:26","slug":"chief-secretarys-office-registered-papers-1818-1922","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/collections\/chief-secretarys-office-registered-papers-1818-1922\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Secretary\u2019s Office Registered Papers, 1818-1922"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"block-block_3064dfc7e62ae2b456ca22a296c6a331\" class=\"landing-page-header-2-block intro-full-width\">    \n    <div class=\"header\">\n                    <div class=\"bg-image\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/CSORP.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Chief Secretary\u2019s Office Registered Papers, 1818 \u2013 1922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/CSORP.jpg 2401w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/CSORP.jpg?resize=300,192 300w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/CSORP.jpg?resize=768,492 768w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/CSORP.jpg?resize=1024,656 1024w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/CSORP.jpg?resize=1536,983 1536w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/CSORP.jpg?resize=2048,1311 2048w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/CSORP.jpg?resize=600,384 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>            <\/div>\n                \n<div class=\"translation-notice\">\n        <div class=\"inner container\">\n            <p><strong>Cuirfear aistri\u00fach\u00e1n ar f\u00e1il go luath<\/strong><\/p>\n            <p>\u00c1r leithsc\u00e9al as an m\u00edchaoithi\u00falacht. Cuirfear aistri\u00fach\u00e1n Gaeilge ar an leathanach seo ar f\u00e1il go luath. Go raibh maith agat as do chuid foighneachta agus muid ag obair ar leagan uasd\u00e1taithe.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"intro\">\n                <span class=\"sup-title\">Collection<\/span>                <h1 class=\"heading-0\">Chief Secretary\u2019s Office Registered Papers, 1818-1922<\/h1>                <a class=\"primary-button\" href=\"https:\/\/csorp.nationalarchives.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Search this collection<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M8.13743 5.21478C7.812 4.88934 7.28436 4.88934 6.95892 5.21478C6.63348 5.54022 6.63348 6.06786 6.95892 6.39329L11.3697 10.804L6.95892 15.2148C6.63348 15.5402 6.63348 16.0679 6.95892 16.3933C7.28436 16.7187 7.812 16.7187 8.13743 16.3933L13.1374 11.3933C13.4629 11.0679 13.4629 10.5402 13.1374 10.2148L8.13743 5.21478Z\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/svg><\/a>            <\/div>            \n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n        <nav class=\"container in-this-section mobile-only\">\n            <span class=\"tag-1 arrow-down\" data-js=\"in-this-section-trigger\">In this section<\/span>                    <\/nav>\n\n        <div class=\"content container\">\n            <nav class=\"in-this-section tablet-portrait-up\">\n                            <\/nav>\n            \n                    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"block-block_fcc3554761e37a8a01a132b547547df0\" class=\"content-tile-block nai-block margin-top-small margin-bottom-none image_right text-regular text-black extra-padding-b bg-white no-border-top smaller-heading\" data-layout=\"layout-1-2\">        \n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image\" data-image=\"cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-content cms-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Background to The Chief Secretary&#8217;s Office Registered Papers<\/h2>\n<p>The Chief Secretary&#8217;s Office Registered Papers (CSO\/RP) consists of correspondence received between 1818 and 1924 by the office of the Chief Secretary, which oversaw the administration of Ireland following the Act of Union in 1800.<\/p>\n<p>The Lord Lieutenant served as the British monarch&#8217;s representative in Ireland and the Chief Secretary&#8217;s Office played a crucial political role throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, operating from its headquarters in Dublin Castle.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s in the collection?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Incoming correspondence to the Chief Secretary\u2019s Office \u2018registered\u2019 by a clerk<\/li>\n<li>Letters, petitions, memorials, memoranda, affidavits, recommendations, accounts, reports and returns<\/li>\n<li>From 1917 onwards, there are records relating to events such as the First World War, compensation by the Rebellion (Victims) Committee and issues related to prisons and hunger strikes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to access the Chief Secretary\u2019s Office Registered Papers<\/h3>\n<p>We are currently cataloguing records from the early and final years of the Chief Secretary\u2019s Office. The <a href=\"https:\/\/csorp.nationalarchives.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chief Secretary&#8217;s Office Registered Papers website<\/a> and our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalarchives.ie\/search-the-online-catalogue\/simple\/#!\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online catalogue<\/a> provide access to finding aids for the following years:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1818-1833<\/li>\n<li>1917<\/li>\n<li>January \u2013 June 1918<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Original registers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/plan-a-visit\/the-reading-room\/\">Reading Room<\/a> can be used to search for records from 1835-1924.<\/p>\n<p>The following records, with their indexes and registers, are currently being processed and are not available to researchers<br \/>\n&#8211; 1834 Outrage Reports<br \/>\n&#8211; 1835 Regular series (Outrage Reports remain open)<br \/>\n&#8211; 1918 (July \u2013 December)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a 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