§ MR. JOHNSTON (Belfast, W.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is contemplated to remove the police station from Carrigahorig, County Tipperary, to Portland Bridge; whether, on a former occasion, after the Constabulary were removed from Carrigahorig, a man was fired at, and his life only saved by some coin in his pocket, which stopped the shot; whether "Boycotting" is still active in and around Carrigahorig, one large employer of labour having to send 14 miles before he can get his horses shod; and, whether, in. view of the fact that Carrigaborig is an important station on the highway from Connaught to Munster, while Portland Bridge is entirely out of the way, he will favourably consider the Memorial, presented to His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, against the removal of the police from Carrigahorig?
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY (Colonel KING-HARMAN) (Kent, Isle of Thanet)(who replied) said: Carrigahorig Police Station is to be discontinued, and a new station established instead at Portland. I have no information in regard to the case of firing at the person, beyond a statement by the person that his father was fired at in 1847. It is the case that Boycotting prevails through the Carrigahorig district; and one gentleman, who is a large employer of labour, has to get his horses shod at a place 11 miles distant. The Lord Lieutenant has given careful consideration to the Memorial alluded to. His Excellency has satisfied himself that Portland is a more important position for a police station than Carrigahorig, and that police duties at the latter place can be efficiently performed by the men at Lorrha, which is about 2¼ miles distant, and at the station to be formed at Portland, which will be three miles distant.