asked the Minister for Lands if he will state the names and locations of estates in County Meath which are at present in the possession of the Land Commission; the acreage and the date on which they were acquired by the Land Commission; and the proposed date of division.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Meath Estates.
The reply takes the form of a tabular statement which I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
PARTICULARS of estates—apart from turbary, insignificant residues of allotted properties, and lands transferred in exchange—in the possession of the Land Commission in County Meath.
Estate |
Record Number |
Location i.e. townland |
Area (acres) |
Date of acquisition |
*Montgomery |
S.5000 |
Kilmur etc. |
194 |
19. 2.'62 |
*Murray |
U.C.197 |
Gilbertstown etc. |
141 |
4. 1.'61 |
*Scargill Ltd. |
S.22071 |
Ballinter etc. |
89 |
10. 8.'61 |
*Legge-Bourke |
S.22085 |
Ardmulchan etc. |
442 |
5.12.'61 |
*Weily |
S.22234-5 |
Ballin and Cullentry |
292 |
5. 2.'62 |
*de Stackpoole |
S.8035 |
Cloncowan etc. |
412 |
27. 2.'62 |
*Wilkinson |
U.C.266 |
Wotton etc. |
131 |
5. 6.'62 |
*Kennedy |
U.C.270 |
Hammondstown |
100 |
30. 5.'62 |
McKeever |
S.22188 |
Cruicetown and ors. |
168 |
31. 7.'62 |
Fahey |
S.22257 |
Moneymore |
121 |
24.10.'62 |
*McKeever |
S.21163 |
Birdhill etc. |
148 |
3.12.'62 |
Delaney |
S.22036 |
Dunmoe |
295 |
28. 3.'63 |
*McCabe |
U.C.273 |
Gallow |
158 |
30. 3.'63 |
*McGarry |
S.22492 |
Corballis |
150 |
28. 3.'63 |
Tallon |
S.22487 |
Collierstown |
135 |
27. 3.'63 |
Kellett |
S.22758 |
Barleyhill |
153 |
14. 6.'63 |
Booth |
U.C.320 |
Baconstown |
106 |
5. 6.'63 |
Daly |
S.22606 |
Baconstown |
390 |
15.10.'63 |
*Somerville |
S.22680 |
Flemingstown etc. |
384 |
6.11.'63 |
*Gallagher |
S.22780 |
Clonlyon |
104 |
12.11.'63 |
Curran |
S.22483 |
Edoxtown |
182 |
3.12.'63 |
*Counihan |
S.21965 |
Rathregan |
143 |
2.12.'63 |
*Fury |
S.21788 |
Rathregan |
114 |
2.12.'63 |
Lindsay (Farm Services Ltd.) |
S.20902 I II |
Druminshin |
479 |
18.12.'63 |
Dillon |
S.23209 |
Lismullin |
338 |
6.12.'63 |
Rooney |
S.23215 |
Barleyhill |
35 |
28. 2.'64 |
Coyle |
S.22347 |
Crickstown |
82 |
23. 4.'64 |
Kolln |
S.23156 |
Drakerath |
509 |
11. 9.'64 |
Holton |
U.C.358 |
Cullentry |
49 |
31. 7.'64 |
Curran |
U.C.361 |
Edoxtown |
157 |
30. 6.'64 |
Byrne |
U.C.357 |
Curraghtown |
189 |
10. 9.'64 |
Loughrey |
S.23543 |
Strokestown |
69 |
30. 9.'64 |
Smith |
S.23105 |
Lismullin etc. |
323 |
7.12.'64 |
Develter |
S.23692 |
Causetown etc. |
372 |
1.12.'64 |
Austin |
S.23829 |
Balnagin Upper etc. |
309 |
14.12.'64 |
Henderson |
S.23387 |
Cullen |
84 |
4.12.'64 |
Farrell |
S.23363 |
Tawlaght |
32 |
8. 1.'65 |
Grehan |
S.23728 |
Piercetown |
141 |
19. 1.'65 |
Plastics (Ireland Ltd.) |
S.23782 |
Greenanstown |
505 |
26. 2.'65 |
Quinn |
U.C.368 |
Brannockstown |
31 |
31. 3.'65 |
* Already partly allotted.
It is not possible at present to indicate when the estates mentioned will be divided but there will be no avoidable delay. During the year ended 31st March, 1965, an aggregate area of some 3,250 acres was allotted by the Land Commission in County Meath.