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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 23 Feb 1926

Vol. 14 No. 10

WRITTEN ANSWERS. - BURNING OF GALWAY HOUSE.

asked the Minister for Lands and Agriculture whether he is aware that a house, the property of the Congested Districts Board, occupied by Michael Kilkelly, situated at Towna, Dooris Demesne, Kinvara, Co. Galway, was burned down by British forces on December 8th, 1920; whether the compensation award, which was given for this house at Gort, Co. Galway, on January 18th, 1921, contained a rebuilding condition, and, if so, what steps have been taken by the Congested Districts Board or the Land Commission to rebuild the house.

The house referred to in question was built by the late Congested Districts Board on a new holding which they allotted to Michael Kilkelly, and was destroyed by fire as stated therein in 1920. The late Board were awarded £290 compensation, and they agreed to assign the award to the White Cross Society, from whom Kilkelly had obtained a loan of £150 for rebuilding, this arrangement to be carried out when he had paid all arrears and signed the purchase agreement. When Kilkelly complies with these conditions the Land Commission, as the successors of the late Board, will be in a position to deal with the decree for compensation referred to.

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