asked the Minister for Lands if he will state in respect of (a) County Westmeath and (b) County Longford the amount of land in the hands of the Land Commission; and (1) the acreage of each estate, (2) from whom it was purchased, (3) the poor law valuation in each case, and (4) the price paid by the Land Commission in each case.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Longford-Westmeath Lands.
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 in (a) County Westmeath and (b) County Longford at present in the possession of the Land Commission—apart from turbary, insignificant residues of allotted properties and lands transferred in exchange.
(a) COUNTY WESTMEATH.
Estate |
Record No. |
Acreage |
Rateable Valuation |
Purchase Money |
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Land |
Buildings |
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£ |
s. |
£ |
s. |
£ |
|||
Daly |
S.21462 |
42 |
30 |
5 |
— |
2,500 |
|
Melphy |
S.23160 |
73 |
48 |
16 |
— |
4,000 |
|
Fagan |
S.22608 |
218 |
162 |
– |
19 |
– |
21,250 |
McCartney & Lyons |
S.23211 |
534 |
360 |
15 |
46 |
10 |
46,500 |
McCormack |
S.23478 |
50 |
30 |
5 |
1 |
15 |
6,250 |
Black |
U.C.217 |
190 |
156 |
5 |
42 |
5 |
See footnote (2) |
*Smith |
S.22226 |
241 |
234 |
5 |
11 |
0 |
|
(on 361 acres) |
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*McLaughlin |
S.22161-2 |
93 |
417 |
10 |
42 |
10 |
|
(on 470 acres) |
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*Duffy |
S.21204 |
114 |
123 |
10 |
1 |
5 |
|
(on 188 acres) |
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Mulderry |
U.C.267 |
83 |
65 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
|
Kenny |
U.C.281 |
68 |
40 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
Pearson |
S.22541 |
211 |
161 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
|
*Weir |
U.C.308 |
98 |
95 |
0 |
3 |
15 |
|
(on 128 acres) |
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Graham |
S.22926 |
206 |
108 |
12 |
— |
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*Franciscan Fathers |
U.C.312 |
535 |
422 |
15 |
12 |
15 |
|
(on 613 acres) |
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Halpin |
U.C.311 |
203 |
161 |
5 |
— |
||
Taaffe |
S.23115 |
216 |
180 |
10 |
— |
||
*O'Dell |
S.2849 |
77 |
322 |
18 |
44 |
0 |
|
(on 432 acres) |
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Walsh |
S.22827 |
135 |
137 |
0 |
— |
||
(approx.) |
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Gaffney |
U.C.350 |
123 |
79 |
10 |
1 |
15 |
|
Keaney |
S.23182 |
59 |
37 |
10 |
— |
||
Fleeson |
S.23716 |
67 |
38 |
15 |
5 |
15 |
|
Nicholl |
S.23541 |
217 |
214 |
0 |
— |
10 |
|
Gibney |
S.23432 |
15 |
10 |
15 |
— |
||
Horan |
S.23882 |
56 |
22 |
— |
— |
||
Casey |
S.23386 |
50 |
39 |
18 |
— |
||
Kenny |
S.23512 |
40 |
18 |
— |
— |
10 |
|
Holmes |
S.24068 |
72 |
67 |
— |
1 |
— |
|
Kellaghan |
U.C.346 |
103 |
74 |
— |
8 |
— |
(b) COUNTY LONGFORD
Estate |
Record No. |
Acreage |
Rateable Valuation |
Purchase Money |
|||
Land |
Buildings |
||||||
£ |
s. |
£ |
s. |
£ |
|||
Flood |
S.22200 |
90 |
39 |
— |
— |
4,403 |
|
Walsh |
S.21870 |
87 |
72 |
14 |
63 |
6 |
See footnote (2) |
Brennan |
S.22310 |
29 |
10 |
6 |
— |
15 |
|
Kenny |
S.23327 |
49 |
33 |
10 |
3 |
15 |
|
Bond |
S.23314 |
211 |
185 |
10 |
16 |
15 |
|
Shaw |
S.21412 |
280 |
124 |
18 |
2 |
5 |
|
(on 354 acres) |
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Holmes |
U.C.388 |
89 |
67 |
10 |
— |
||
(on 161 acres) |
Notes:
(1) Estates marked with an asterisk have already been partly allotted.
(2) These properties were purchased by the Land Commission from the owners on a voluntary basis. It is not the practice to publish details of price in such transactions.