§ SIR THOMAS ESMONDE (Wexford, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, what ancient monuments have been notified to the Board of Works as worth preserving by the Estates Commissioners since the passing of the Purchase Act of 1903; and which of them have been vested, or are proposed to be vested, in the Board of Works or in the Irish county councils in consequence of such notification.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) I refer to the reply to the honourable Baronet's Question of 27th May, 1907, which gives a list of 52 ancient monuments, particulars of which the Estates Commissioners had communicated to the Board of Works, in pursuance of Section 14 of The Irish Land Act, 1903. The Commissioners have since communicated to the Board of Works particulars of the following:—
- Kilmallock Abbey, county Limerick.
- Buolick Church, county Tipperary.
- Cross in Carpenterstown, county Cork.
- Lixnaw Castle, county Kerry.
- Dromineer Castle, county Tiperrary.
§ Of the total, the Board of Works have been able to accept the vesting of the following as being of sufficient historical, astistic, or traditional interest, namely:—
- Drumbo Round Tower, county Down.
- Augustinian Abbey, Callan, county Kilkenny.
- Ballyboggan Abbey, county Meath.
- Kilmallock Abbey, county Limerick.
§ The respective county councils have consented to the following being vested in them, and the vesting has been completed in the cases marked with an asterisk:—
- *Carbery Church, county Kildare.
- Ballycowan Castle, King's County.
- Srah Castle, King's County.
- Heathstown Castle, county Westmeath.
- Mahee Castle, conuty Down.
- Round Tower, county Down.
- Church, county Down.
- Mulrankin Castle, county Wexford.
- Castle, county Westmeath.
- Carrig Castle, county Tipperary.
- *Gortnaclea Castle, Queen's County.
- *Cornaveigh Castle, county Cork.
- Seahorse Monument, county Water-ford.
- *Giants Grave, county Tyrone.
- Down Macpatrick Castle, county Cork.
- Cross, county Westmeath.