§ MR. O'DOHERTYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what steps have been taken by the Irish Government for the preservation of the ancient buildings on the hill of Greenan, near Londonderry; and, seeing that this historical and ancient monument has been preserved from destruction by the action of a local antiquarian who had the buildings thereon renewed, will he state whether steps will be taken by the Board of Works to have the existing buildings vested in them, and thereby preserve one of the most historic and ancient monuments of Ireland.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The Board of Works is precluded from making any expenditure on ancient monuments unless their custody is vested in the Board by deed. The Department will endeavour to ascertain if the proprietor of the monument in question is prepared to execute such a deed.