§ MR. O'MALLEY (Galway, Connemara)I beg to ask MR. Attorney General for Ireland, whether the Board of Trade, representing the Crown, have taken any steps in the direction of pressing their claims to the foreshore along the Coast 370 of Connemara; and whether he will state what are the claims of the Crown in this respect.
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI will answer this question. The Crown is prima facie the owner of the foreshore below high water mark of ordinary tides. The Board of Trade have taken steps to assert the title of the Crown in all cases in Connemara and elsewhere, where their attention has been called to any claim or act inconsistent with such title.