HC Deb 24 July 1893 vol 15 cc310-1
COLONEL WARING

In the absence of the hon. Member for South Antrim, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what was the number of the moonlighting outrages in Clare, Kerry, Cork, and Limerick agrarian and non-agrarian respectively, from 22nd August, 1892, to 30th June, 1893; number in corresponding period from 22nd August, 1891, to 30th June, 1892; and number with regard to all Ireland in respective periods?

MR. J. MORLEY

The following are the figures:—In Clare, between August 22, 1892, and June 30, 1893, there were 26 such outrages, of which 9 were agrarian and 17 non-agrarian; and in the corresponding period of 1891–2 there were 11 cases, of which 7 were agrarian and 4 non-agrarian. In Cork there were 14 cases in the former period, made up of 4 agrarian and 10 non-agrarian; and 9 in the latter period, of which 7 were agrarian and 2 non-agrarian. In Kerry there were 15 cases in the former period, made up of 9 agrarian and 6 non-agrarian; and 7 in the latter period, of which 3 were agrarian and 4 non-agrarian. In Limerick there were 19 cases in the former period, consisting of 10 agrarian and 9 non-agrarian; and in the latter period there was 1 case, which was agrarian. The total number of moonlighting outrages for all Ireland in the period from August 22, 1892, to June 30, 1893, was 84, consisting of 37 agrarian and 47 non-agrarian cases; and in the corresponding period of 1891–2 the total number was 39, of which 28 were agrarian and 11 non-agrarian.