§ Mr. LONSDALEasked the Chief Secretary whether Mrs. Ryan, of Craughwell, county Galway, in connection with the protection of whose workmen Constable Goldrick was shot dead on 22nd January, 1909, continues to be boycotted at the present date; and whether he will enumerate the overt acts of outrage directed against her land and her property since she entered into occupation of her holding?
§ Mr. BIRRELLMrs. Ryan is still boycotted. Save for the occurrence which led to the murder of Constable Goldrick, she has not been the object of any definite offences since 1907. In that year stones were thrown and shots were fired through the windows of her house and of the cottages of her workmen, a cock of hay belonging to her was burnt, and the walls of her farm were knocked down, while in 1906 the hair was cut off the tails of five of her cattle.
§ Mr. LONSDALEasked the Chief Secretary whether Mrs. Hall, of Clooney, county Clare, a widowed lady eighty years of age, is still boycotted; whether there has been any improvement in her j condition since attention was drawn to her case by the hon. Member for Cambridge University on 25th March, 1909; whether the lady and her property continue to receive special police protection, and what is the number of constables engaged in this duty; and whether any person has been brought to justice for the malicious burning of her hay and barn?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI am informed by the constabulary authorities that Mrs. Hall is still boycotted, and that there is very little improvement in her case. She is still protected by a sergeant and three constables. The persons who burnt her hay and barn last year were never discovered.