§ MR. KENDAL O'BRIEN (Tipperary, Mid)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can say if any steps have yet been taken by the Estates Commissioners to bring about the reinstatement of Patrick Cormack and James Feehan, evicted tenants on the estate of Temperance Anne Lamphier, of Foilacamin, near Thurles, in the county of Tipperary; and, if so, with what result.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) My predecessor informed the hon. Member on 7th May last that these men are not evicted tenants. The persons of whom they claim to be the representatives surrendered the farms for monetary compensation many years ago, and the holdings have since been sold under the 384 Act of 1903 to the occupying tenant. The Estates Commissioners inform me that they do not intend to reopen the matter.