§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether it is true, as reported in the Cork papers, 812 that at the late presentment Sessions for the barony of I bane and Barryroe, held at Timoleague, County Cork, it was stated by Mr. Travers, J.P., that an important part of the fair ground of Timoleague was privately purchased from the Admiralty by the local owner of the town and tolls; if such sale took place, to whom was it made, and what was the amount of purchase money given; whether, before such sale was completed, any notification was given to the public, who claim an immemorial right to the ground, and whether any public rights were reserved?
§ *SIR M. HICKS BEACHIn June, 1880, the Board of Trade, on behalf of the Crown, agreed to grant to the frontager, Mr. Robert A. Travers, of Timoleague, County Cork, in consideration of the sum of £5, the rights and interests of the Crown in a strip of foreshore on the west side of the River Argideen, opposite the village of Timoleague, containing between one-half and three-quartars of an acre, and extending from Church Bridge to a point opposite the ruins of Timoleague Abbey. Previous to the agreement being made, the application was, in accordance with the usual practice of the Board of Trade, advertised two successive weeks in each of two county newspapers, and no objections were received. As the shore was required for reclamation purposes, no public rights were reserved.