§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Irish Lights Board sent a steamer to Blasket Island, County Kerry, to take away some historic relics; and will he say at whose instance was this work done, where have the relics been deposited, and whether he will see that they are brought back again to their proper place.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) I am informed that a lintel stone has been removed from the island of Inishvickillane by one of the steamers belonging to the Commissioners of Irish Lights. It is 1066 stated that the stone was presented by the owner of the island to Professor Mahaffy, of Trinity College, Dublin, and that it has been placed in the museum of the college. The Board of Public Works is in correspondence with Professor Mahaffy on the subject.