HC Deb 05 November 1908 vol 195 c1418
MR. FULLERTON

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a mining syndicate has acquired legal rights over the Giant's Causeway, on the North Antrim coast, enabling them to quarry the Causeway; and whether steps will be taken to prevent this columnar basalt from being quarried and broken up for road metal, or other commercial purposes.

MR. BIRRELL

My attention has been called to a newspaper article indicating that quarrying rights over the Giant's Causeway have been acquired by a mining syndicate. I understand that there is no foundation for the statement in question beyond the fact that quarries are being opened near Portrush some miles away.