§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state why the meeting of the Clooney branch of the United Irish League, county Clare, was prohibited on 21st April.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) It was proposed to hold the meeting on a grazing farm, the occupier of which has been subjected to intimidation. The police warned the promoters that the meeting would not be permitted on the farm or in its vicinity, and it was then decided to hold the meeting at Spancil Hill, about two miles away. The meeting at the latter place was not interfered with.