HC Deb 14 March 1902 vol 105 cc49-50
DR. AMBROSE (Mayo, W.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, seeing that the Congested Districts Board refused to purchase the foreshore of the Stoney Estate, near Mallaranny, Co. Mayo, owing to the failure of the owner to produce title, he can state if this title has yet been produced; and, if not, can he say who is the present owner of the foreshore.

MR. WYNDHAM

Mr. Stoney has not produced to the Board proof of title to seaweed rights on the foreshore. I have no information respecting the ownership of these rights.

MR. T. M. HEALY

As a matter of fact, has his title been rejected by the Board?

MR. WYNDHAM

I understand he took proceedings against some of the tenants for collecting seaweed, some of whom signed an admission that Mr. Stoney was the owner of the foreshore, but the Board have not accepted that as legal evidence of his title.

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