§ ME. KENDAL O'BRIEN (Tipperary, Mid.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieu tenant of Ireland whether the district inspector and head constable stationed at Templemore belong to the Protestant persuasion; are the clerks of 170 untenanted lands. The price paid for Glendahurk Mountain was £700. The price to be paid for the 83 acres at Knocklegan is £1,140. The total amount to be paid to Mr. Jones for his estate and farms is £10,300. The game and fishing rights are included in the sale, so far as the vondor is in a position to convey them. The following statement contains particulars of the farms in Westport Union at present used by the Board for grazing purposes. Of the total of 16,090 acres, 1,709 only have so far been vested in the Board.
petty sessions and the resident magistrate of the same religion; and will he state how many members of the constabulary at Templemore belong to the Catholic religion.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Answer to the first part of the Question is in the 171 affirmative. The Answer to the second part is also in the affirmative as regards the resident magistrate. No records are kept of the religious persuasion of petty sessions clerks. Ten out of fifteen members of the Royal Irish Constabulary stationed at Templemore are registered as Roman Catholics.