§ Mr. O'SHAUGHNESSYasked the Chief Secretary whether the Estates Commissioners have taken any action recently to acquire the untenanted lands of Ballylin and Glenville, near Ardagh, county Limerick, on the Massey property, for the purpose of dividing them among the uneconomic holders in the locality; and, if so, will he say with what result?
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§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners had a preliminary inspection made, and intimated the price they would be prepared to advance if the lands were sold to them under the Land Purchase Acts. Up to the present the owner has not instituted proceedings for sale, and until he does so the Commissioners will not proceed further in the matter.
§ Mr. O'SHAUGHNESSYasked whether the Estates Commissioners have taken any steps recently to acquire the untenanted lands of Kilgulvan, in the parishes of Knockaderry and Clonveagh, county Limerick, the property of the representatives of the late Major Sheehy, with the view of having them apportioned among the deserving applicants in the locality; whether this estate is in the Court of Chancery (Ireland); if so, to whom may the tenants on the tenanted portion of the property apply for the purchase of their holdings under the Land Act, 1909; and by whose instructions was the half-year's rent, now due, refused by the receiver unless the hanging gale is also paid up, as this is a departure from the old-time custom of the estate?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that no proceedings are pending before them for the sale of the property referred to, and they have no information as to the other matters referred to in the question. The estate cannot be traced in the records of the Land Judge's Court or the Court of Chancery.