HC Deb 26 February 1883 vol 276 c832
MR. TOTTENHAM

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether Mr. Peter Fitzpatrick, of Corween, Ballybay, has recently been appointed a Sub-Commissioner under the Land Act; whether he is aware that he is an active member of the Land League; whether he attended a Land League meeting at Lattin Chapel, near Coote-hill, in the early part of 1881, when Mr. M'Aleese, the editor of the "People's Advocate," was in the chair; and, whether he was present and took the chair at another meeting of the same nature at Scots house, county Monaghan, about the same date?

MR. TREVELYAN

Mr. Peter Fitzpatrick, of Corween, Ballybay, has recently been appointed a Sub-Commissioner under the Land Act. He never was a member, active or otherwise, of the Land League, and he did not attend the meetings referred to in the Question. There was evidently some confusion between him and the Mr. Fitzpatrick residing in the neighbourhood.

MR. GIBSON

asked was the other Mr. Fitzpatrick called Peter also?

MR. TREVELYAN

Some confusion exists; but there is no doubt that my answer is perfectly correct.