§ MR. SHEEHYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have yet sanctioned advances to the tenants on the Singleton Estate, county Louth, whether the Commissioners investigated the claim of Owen Kirk, an evicted tenant on the property; what inquiry, if any, was held; and what decision, if any, was made.
§ MR. SHEEHYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether Admiral Singleton is selling his estate in the county of Louth to his tenants; and, if so, whether, seeing that there are two evicted tenants from this property, Owen Kirk and Nicholas Callan, he will say if these are being restored, under purchase, to their holdings; and, if not, why this is not being done.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) I will, at the same time, reply to both the hon. Member's Questions. Proceedings for the sale of this estate (which is situated in county Meath, not Louth) are pending before the Commissioners, who have inquired into the applications of the evicted tenants named, but have not yet come to a decision upon them.