asked the Minister for Lands if he will state in respect of each county the total number of persons provided by the Land Commission with new agricultural holdings on the division of untenanted land during the year 1935 and the total amount of land included in such holdings.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Division of Lands.
The reply is in the form of a tabular statement, which will be circulated in the Official Report.
LAND ACTS, 1923-33.
Statement showing, by Counties, the Number of Persons provided by the Land Commission with New Holdings on the division of untenanted land in the Calendar Year 1935, and the Total Area included in such Holdings:—
COUNTY |
No. of New Holdings |
Area(acres) |
ULSTER (3 Counties): |
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Cavan |
11 |
194 |
Donegal |
60 |
1,739 |
Monaghan |
17 |
334 |
LEINSTER: |
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Carlow |
11 |
182 |
Dublin |
40 |
667 |
Kildare |
280 |
8,102 |
Kilkenny |
20 |
341 |
Leix |
84 |
2,485 |
Longford |
25 |
436 |
Louth |
21 |
595 |
Meath |
384 |
7,971 |
Offaly |
151 |
2,193 |
Westmeath |
72 |
1,532 |
Wexford |
6 |
129 |
Wicklow |
4 |
44 |
CONNACHT: |
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Galway |
231 |
9,069 |
Leitrim |
16 |
258 |
Mayo |
178 |
2,754 |
Roscommon |
219 |
4,351 |
Sligo |
69 |
2,732 |
MUNSTER: |
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Clare |
108 |
1,639 |
Cork |
24 |
600 |
Kerry |
24 |
287 |
Limerick |
86 |
1,757 |
Tipperary |
279 |
4,646 |
Waterford |
4 |
223 |
TOTAL |
2,424 |
55,260 |
NOTE.—The figures in the Statement are approximate, as the detailed records for the year 1935 are not yet entirely complete. It has not been practicable to segregate occasional allotments of accommodation and turbary plots from agricultural holdings proper.