§ Mr. LUNNasked the Chief Secretary whether several houses, including that of Mr. John Etchingham, Member for North Wexford, were destroyed at Gorey by members of the Crown forces on 23rd and 24th May; whether this was an official reprisal for the ambush of police at Inch, a place several miles away; by whom it was ordered; and whether there was any proof that the owners had knowledge of the ambush?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODI am informed by the Commander-in-Chief that, following various outrages in the Gorey district, which culminated in the murder of a constable on 7th May, four houses, including that of Mr. Etchingham, were destroyed by order of the military governor. The circumstances in which the houses are destroyed as an official punishment were stated by me in a written reply to the hon. Member for Harrow (Mr. Mosley) on 9th June.