§ MR. O'DOWDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will name the religious denomination to which the teacher of Lugnadiffa National School, near Cullooney, county of Sligo, belongs, also the religious denomination of the children on the rolls of that school on
† See (4) Debates, cxli. 1212.933 December 31st, 1904; will he state the name of the school nearest to Lugnadiffa, the religious denomination of the teacher, and also the name of the nearest school taught by a Catholic teacher; and whether, seeing that the patron of Lugnadiffa and Larkhill Schools is the landlord of the district, and that he has refused a site for a new school, and in view of the fact that the people of the district are mainly Catholic, the commissioners of National Education will co-operate with the Rev. E. H. Connington, the parish priest, with the view of having the needs of Catholic children attend to.
§ MR. ATKINSONLugnadiffa School is a Protestant. The number of children on the rolls on December 31st last was eighteen, all of whom were Protestants. The nearest school to Lugnadiffa is that at Larkhill, the teacher of which is a Protestant. The nearest schools under Catholic teachers are at Rockfield and Ballysodare. The Rev. E. H. Connington has already been informed by the Commissioners that the proposed additional schoolhouse at Larkhill is quite unsuitable and unfitted for school purposes, and that his application for a grant would be considered when these objections were overcome.