asked the Minister for Lands and Fisheries if he will state the description, area, and location of the different untenanted lands and retained holdings in Co. Carlow in respect of which proceedings are being taken with a view to their acquisition by the Land Commission for distribution among uneconomic holders.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Acquisition of Holdings in County Carlow.
Under the provision of the Land Acts, 1923-9, a total area of 4,596 acres of land in County Carlow has already been acquired by the Land Commission for division, including two resumed holdings comprising an area of 572 acres.
Proceedings are in progress for the acquisition of a further area of 227 acres of untenanted land, comprising 58 acres in the townland of Ballinadrum on the Colonel Lecky Estate, 99 acres in the townland of Lumcloon on the Whitcroft Estate, and 70 acres in the townland of Cloghrenan, held by Henry Agar, and resumption proceedings are pending in respect of the three retained holdings of J. L. Salter, comprising 231 acres in the townlands of Ballyloo, Ballyryan, Nurney and Oldtown, on the Bruen Estate, and the retained holding of W. Keppel, containing 110 acres in the townlands of Bendinstown and Garreenleen, on the Clayton Estate.
Inquiries as to suitability for purchase have been instituted in respect of an additional area of over 15,000 acres of untenanted land in County Carlow (of which preliminary inspections have been made on 7,168 acres) but no definite proceedings have yet been taken for the purchase thereof.