§ MR. O'DOWD (Sligo, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Catholic clergy and laity of Larkhill, Collooney, county Sligo, have recently
† See (4) Debates, cxli., 1081.322 pointed out to the Commissioners of National Education the want of facilities for the education of Catholic children in that district; and whether, seeing that, although the Catholics form 75 per cent. of the population, the local national school is under Protestant management, what action, if any, will be taken in the matter.(Answered by Mr. Atkinson.) The percentage of Catholic children on the rolls of the school at Larkhill, which is under Protestant management, is thirty-eight. There are two other schools, about two miles distant, both under Catholic management. The inspector has reported that the proposed additional school-house at Larkhill, for aid towards which the Commissioners have received an application from the Reverend E. H. Connington, P.P., is quite unsuitable and unfitted for school purposes.