§ MR. WILLIAM KENNYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that two families, named Davidson and Connor, occupants of evicted farms at Ballyclough, County Cork, are the victims of boycotting and intimidation; that the arrival of the children of these men at the local national school is made the signal for all the other children to leave the school and march through the village, singing such songs as "God save Ireland "; that these boycotted children have to be protected by police when going to and returning from school and during some of the school hours; and that the parents of those children have been denounced by the local branches of the Irish National Federation for their occupation of evicted farms; and whether the Government propose to take any steps to put a stop to this system of persecution of little children?
§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.E.)Is the right hon. Gentleman aware of the fact that the parish priest has condemned these acts of violence in unmeasured language?
MR. J. MORLEYI believe that he has. As to the question on the Paper, I understand that the facts are substantially as stated in the question. The efforts of the police have prevented a renewal of these disgraceful disturbances since May 12, since which date it appears that no children except the O'Connors and the Davidsons have attended the school. Prosecutions have been directed against some of the most prominent disturbers of the peace in connection with this disgraceful matter.