HC Deb 06 April 1905 vol 144 cc635-6
MR. DUFFY (Galway, S.)

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the farm of Ringillane, Kilcolgan, county Galway, has been offered for sale to the Estates Commissioners by Miss Matilda George, with a view of enlarging the small uneconomic † See page 97. holdings in the immediate neighbourhood; and what steps, if any, have been taken to acquire the farm for that purpose.

(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) Yes Sir, and the Commissioners have had a preliminary inspection made of the lands, and are in communication with the owner on the subject of purchase.