HC Deb 27 March 1907 vol 171 cc1779-80
SIR THOMAS ESMONDE

To ask the Secretary to the Treasury what collections of Irish historical manuscripts are now in course of publication by the Record and Historical Manuscripts Commissions, and when is it expected that they will be published, respectively.

(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) I am informed that the only Irish manuscripts now engaging the staff of the Historical Manuscripts Commission are those of the Marquess of Ormonde, of which the fourth volume was published last year †See (4) Debates, clxx., 778–9. ‡See (4) Debates, clxxi., 830–1 and the fifth is now at press and will be published in the course of the current year. The Record Commission has for long ceased to exist, but the Public Record Office continue to issue calenders of State Papers relating to Ireland.