HC Deb 23 August 1883 vol 283 cc1743-4
MR. HARRINGTON

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether, on the 12th of July, an Orange triumphal arch was erected across the main street in the town of Omagh; whether this arch was suspended from one of the windows of Mr. Pennington, County Inspector of Royal Irish Constabulary; and, if such conduct is approved of; and, if not, what course he intends to take to mark his disapproval?

MR. TREVELYAN

A rope, with some Orange emblems attached, was hung across the road on the 12th of July at Omagh. One end of it was suspended from a waterpipe outside a house in which the County Inspector had temporary lodgings, but which was not in his occupation, and from which he has since removed to a house of his own. The rope was put up after the County Inspector had left the house in the morning, and he knew nothing about it.

MR. HARRINGTON

asked whether it was a fact that the rope was suspended by four men who were admitted by the servants of the County Inspector, and who passed through his house for the purpose?

[No answer was given to this Question.]