§ Colonel LOCKWOOD (Essex, Epping)On behalf of the hon. and gallant Member for East Down, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland how many persons in the neighbourhood of Drumkeeran, county Leitrim, are boycotted; how many miles have these boycotted persons to travel to obtain the bare necessities of life, have their horses shod, and dispose of their stock; the reason why they are boycotted; and the number of police employed for their protection.
§ MR CHERRYThe police authorities inform me that there are in the neighbourhood of Drumkeeran two cases of serious boycotting, comprising eight persons. These persons have to go about twelve miles to have their horses shod, twenty miles to obtain provisions, and twenty-four miles to dispose of their stock. The persons concerned are holders and care-takers respectively of evicted farms. There are no police employed solely for the protection of these people, but eleven extra police are stationed in Drumkeeran and one of their duties is to afford protection to persons who need it.