HC Deb 24 November 1908 vol 197 cc130-1
MR. HOGAN

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what is the total area of the land that Mr. H. Davis Kenny, of Ballingarry, North Tipperary, has purchased with the assistance of the Land Commission, and what is the total amount of purchase-money that has been advanced by the Land Commissioners in favour of Mr. Davis Kenny.

MR. BIRRELL

The Land Commission inform me that the total area purchased by Mr. Kenny under the Land Purchase Acts is 211 acres, and that the amount advanced to him was £3,000.

MR. HOGAN

Did he purchase the interest under the Ashbourne Act?

MR. BIRRELL

Really, I never heard of Mr. Kenny before.

MR. MOORE

Is the right hon. Gentleman not aware that Mr. Kenny has been boycotted and the hunt broken up and he himself assaulted because the right hon. Gentleman would not afford him adequate protection?

MR. REDDY (King's County, Birr)

And have not the people the right to break up the hunt?

MR. MOORE

No.

MR. REDDY

Yes; the farmers have.