HC Deb 29 July 1910 vol 19 cc2647-8W
Mr. LONSDALE

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is now in a position to inform the House if the constabulary have yet succeeded in arresting, and whether any sentences have been passed upon, any persons connected with the following offences to which his attention has already been drawn: The firing at Mr. R. D. O'Brien and an official of the Land Commission, near Ennis, on 12th February; the firing at a man named O'Dwyer in county Clare; the driving of cattle belonging to Mr. P. Connell off the lands of Ballyvade on 11th February; the shooting of a bullock belonging to Mr. Stephen O'Halloran; driving cattle belonging to Mr. M. Hackett in the neighbourhood of Clonaster, Queen's County, on 25th February; the hanging on a tree of three sheep belonging to a grazier on the farm of Mrs. Clarke, Craigabbey; four cattle-drives off grazing farms in the Ballyvaughan district, near Gort, between 13th and 26th March; driving cattle off the farm of Mr. M. Murphy, near Athenry, on 25th March; driving cattle and lambs off a farm held by Mr. W. Bathersby, near Orristown, on 17th March, and cutting off the flesh of the tails of three bullocks; the outrages upon property for which awards were given at Limerick Quarter Sessions on 2nd April; the shooting and blinding of a pony belonging to a farmer named McCann, at Ballycushen, near Corofin; the disorderly scenes and cattle drives on the Pollock estate, county Galway, on 16th and 17th April; the malicious injuries to live stock and other properties for which compensation was awarded at Ennis Quarter Sessions on 15th April; the burning of the out-offices and property of Mr. M'Garry, Irishtown, in January last; the damage to the property of Mr. W. O'Brien, on 16th January, at Sandyhill; the cattle-drive on the estate of Captain H. H. Jones, Rathlea, Ballina, on 10th April; the driving of cattle belonging to Peter Tarpey, of Ballyglass, county Galway, on 16th April, off his farm through a gap maliciously made in the wall; the shooting of a cow belonging to District Inspector O'Neill, at Gorey, on 4th June; the driving of cattle belonging to Mr. Gorman, and his herd Matthew Quigley, off a farm near Ballymote on 20th May; shooting a mare belonging to Martin M'Gann, of Gortadene; shooting a heifer belonging to Mr. Thomas Crowe; painting the cattle and knocking down a stone wall belonging to Thomas and Bridget M'Gann; the injury to bullocks belonging to Lord Inchiquin by driving; the knocking down of walls belonging to Mr. Thomas Roche; the injury to bullocks belonging to Mr. James Reynolds by driving; the shooting at and killing the horse of Thomas Collins while driving near Athenry, on 17th June; the burning of a haggard belonging to Mr. M. J. Dillon; the firing and wounding Patrick Daly, on 19th June, near Ennis, county Clare; driving the cattle belonging to Mr. John Coyne and other graziers off the lands of Miss Somerville at Glanarail, on 23rd May, and cutting off some of their tails; driving the cattle belonging to Mr. Jeeves and Mr. Bryan Farrell at Streams-town, Moate, on 1st June; the injury to cattle belonging to Mr. John O'Connor, of Mountcool; the mutilation of a stallion ass belonging to a man named Mahon in the Athenry district; and the injury to cattle belonging to Michael Finn, of Castleturbin, Athenry?

Mr. BIRRELL

No person has yet been made amenable in any of the cases referred to in the hon. Member's question.