asked the Minister for Fisheries whether the Irish Land Commission have taken over the lands of Carranemore, Carranebeg, Creevagh Island, and Gortnabuka, in the parish of Killimoredaly (Ashtown Estate); if so, when it is proposed to divide these lands, and whether the claims of the congested tenants and landless men in the townlands of Brackloon, Cloonchacahill and Knockroe will receive favourable consideration.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - THE ASHTOWN ESTATE.
The lands of Caraun More, comprising 353a. 3r. 36p., and Caraun Beg and Creevagh, comprising 412a. 3r. 37p., comprise lands held by W.H. Sharpe and Wm. Chas. McCully as judicial and non-judicial tenants, respectively, on the estate of Baron Ashtown, which is being dealt with by the Land Commission under the Land Act, 1923. These holdings have been published as retained holdings, and after the appointed day for this estate has been fixed the Land Commission propose to institute proceedings with a view to obtaining orders for their resumption from the Judicial Commissioner.
In addition to the lands mentioned in the foregoing paragraph, the Land Commission have published in a Provisional List the lands of Island, comprising 53a. 2r. 17p., as lands which will, if not excluded in consequence of a valid objection, become vested in the Land Commission on the appointed day, and the owner has accepted the Commissioners' offer for these lands. The claims of all persons coming under Section 31 of the Land Act, 1923, will be considered.