HC Deb 29 May 1905 vol 147 c95
MR. VINCENT KENNEDY (Cavan W.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether it is intended to prosecute the search for firearms in other parts of Ireland as is at present proceeding in county Roscommon; if he will state the amount of ammunition discovered by the police to date; and will he state the number of searches made, with the result in each case.

MR. WALTER LONG

I must decline to make any statement as to the intention to search for unlicensed firearms. On the 15th inst. searches were made in four houses in the Castlereagh district under the authority of warrants issued pursuant to the Peace Preservation Act, 1881. In each of two of these houses a loaded gun was found and seized. No separate ammunition was found.

MR. DILLON

Was this on the De Freyne Estate?

MR. WALTER LONG

I cannot say.

MR. MACVEAGH

Will further searches be conducted?

[No Answer was returned.]