HC Deb 10 May 1911 vol 25 c1343W
Dr. O'NEILL

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland how many magistrates there are in the Parliamentary division of South Armagh, and how many of them are Roman Catholics; and how many of the population of the division are Catholic and how many Protestant?

Mr. BIRRELL

The number of persons in the Parliamentary Division of South Armagh at present holding the ordinary Commission of the Peace is forty-six, of whom nine are believed to be Roman Catholics. According to the Census of 1901, 67 per cent, of the population of the division were Roman Catholic.