§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will explain why the police are endeavouring to treat as criminal the operations of the Gaelic League, which has for its object the advancement and propagation of the Irish language; how many of the branches of the league have been visited by the police; and whether the discovery of anything of an incriminating character has resulted from such visits.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALTER LONG, Bristol, S.)It is not the fact that the police are endeavouring to treat as criminal the operations of the Gaelic League, nor, so far as the Inspector-General is aware, have any branches of that organisation been visited by the police.
§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYHas any special order been issued to the police about the league?
§ MR. WALTER LONGNot that I am aware of.
† See (4) Debates, cxlii., 1389.