HC Deb 03 May 1909 vol 4 cc857-8W
Mr. DELANY

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he can say what steps, if any, the Estates Commissioners have taken to provide a holding for Thomas Flanagan, who was evicted in 1889 from a holding on the estate of Mrs. Adair, situated at Clonaghadoo, near Mountmellick, Queen's County; whether the planter in Flanagan's farm has been approached with a view to compensation; and whether it has been ascertained on what title the planter holds the farm, and, if under a yearly tenancy, when it was created?

Mr. BIRRELL

The Estates Commissioners inform me that Flanagan's former holding is in the occupation of another tenant who holds the lands under a yearly tenancy created in November, 1902. Flanagan's name will be considered in the allotment of untenanted land.