§ MR. LONSDALETo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he is aware that on 23rd March, at Scariff, on the borders of Clare and Galway, the house of a farmer named John Carroll was fired into; that on 13th March shots were fired into the house of a man named Tierney, near Athenry; that on 17th March shots were fired into Colmanstown House; that on 21st March a farmer named Michael O'Connor was fired at from behind a wall and wounded; that on 24th April the house of a farmer named Forde, residing near Brosna, county Kerry, was attacked by moonlighters; that Frank M'Auliffe was wounded in the shoulder by a gunshot in the Kilbogin district; whether, in any of these cases, prosecutions have been undertaken; and, if so, with what result.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Government have received police Reports upon the cases referred to, which show the facts to be substantially as stated in the Question. Three persons were arrested for the offence of firing into the house of John Carroll, but were discharged for want of evidence. One person has been returned for trial at assizes upon the charge of firing at and wounding Frank M'Auliffe. In the remaining cases the police did not succeed in bringing offenders to justice.