§ MR. O'SHAUGHNESSYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that Mrs. Ellen Sheehy, evicted tenant, of Nantenan, in the county of Limerick, has arranged with her landlord to purchase her holding, and that the tenants on the estate have signed agreements to purchase; under these circumstances, will he ask the Estates Commissioners to give her a grant for the purpose of rebuilding the dwelling-house on the evicted farm, which is in ruins, and for stocking and working the land.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that, at the request of the vendor, they have intimated the sum they are prepared to advance to Mrs. Sheehy for the purchase of her former holding. The Commissioners are not aware whether an agreement between Mrs. Sheehy and the landlord has yet been arrived at, but if Mrs. Sheehy should become the purchaser of the holding they will consider the question of making her a grant.