CAPTAIN CRAIGTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that cattle-drives took place on Sunday and Monday, 3rd and 4th May last, from a farm at Derrymaclaughlin, Loughgeorge, and Claregalway district, from a farm at Ballyglass, near Tinloughmore, and from a farm at Brierfield belonging to Mr. Morris of Loughgeorge; what arrests have been made; and what sentences have been passed on the perpetrators of these outrages.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) I am informed that no cattle-drives from the two farms first mentioned took place on the 3rd or 4th May, but, as I stated in reply to a Question on Monday last, the cattle were driven from Mr. Morris's farm at Brierfield on 30th April. For that offence forty-six persons were arrested, of whom forty-two were bound to keep the peace.