FLSHERIES (IRELAND) ACT. 



RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, 
dated 11 March 1866 ;—/or. 



RETURN of “ Weirs Abated by the Fishery Commissioners appointed 
under the Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 26 &. 27 Viet. c. 114, distinguishing 
those in respect of which a Charter existed, and those which, otherwise 
Legal, were Abated on the ground of being Injurious to Navigation.” 



(Mr. Esmonde.) 



Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 

8 May 1 866 . 



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RETURN OF WEIRS ABATED BY THE IRISH FISHERY COMMISSIONERS, &C. 



RETURN of Weirs Abated by tbe Fishery Commissioners appointed under the Act 26 & 27 Viet. c. 114 
distinguishing those in respect of which a Charter existed, and those which, otherwise Legal, were abated on 
the ground of being Injurious to Navigation. 



is abated for which a title by charter was proved ; but the question of title 



all cases determined. Complete Returns of 



Filed Engines tried, with the result of the respective trials, are given in the Appendices Nos. I. and II. to the “ Report of the Special Commissions! 



Where Fixed Net situated. 



Name of Owner 
of Fixed Net, 
ir of Land to which 



Sarrow, otherwise Ross, 
otherwise Nore and Bar- 
row Rivers conjoined. 

Barrow River - 

Barrow, otherwise Ross 
River, otherwise Nore and 
Barrow Rivers conjoined. 



Ditto 

Ditto 

Ditto 

Ditto 

Ditto 



Ditto 
Ditto - 



Ditto - 
Ditto - 

Suir, Nore, and Barrow 
Rivers conjoined. 

Ditto - 
Ditto - 
Note - 

Barrow, otherwise Ross River, 
otherwise Nore and Bar- 



Barrow 

Ditto - - - - 

Barrow, otherwise Ross River, 
otherwise Nore and Barrow 
conjoined. 

Nore River ... 
Suir River - - - 

Ditto - 

Barrow, otherwise Ross River, 
otherwiseNoreand Barrow 
conjoined. 

Ditto - 
Ditto - 
Ditto - 

Ditto - - - - 

Ditto - 
Ditto - 



Snir River . - - - 

Barrow, otherwise Robs River, 
otherwise Nore and Barrow 
conjoined, 

Ditto - 
Ditto - 

Suir, Nore, and Barrow con- 
joined, otherwiseWaterford 
Harbour. 

Ditto - 

Ditto - 



Suir - 

Shannon Rive 
Ditto 



ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 



ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

Stake we 
Aitto 

Head wei 



ditto 
ditto 
Head wei 



ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 



ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 



ditto 

ditto 

Scotch 



ditto 

Head weir 
Fly-net 
Stake-net . 



John H. Glascott - 



Arthur Kavanagh • 
W, M. Glascott • 



Walter Sweetman - 
M. and D. Cody - 
J. Doody 

Samuel Bennett - 
Richard Cashen - 

J ohn Sherlock 



P. Shanahan 
G. Kent - 
N. Power 

ditto 
ditto 

Marquess of Waterford] 
Eliza Coghlan ' 
W. F. F. Tighe 
E. W. Nunn 



W. F. F. Tighe - 
D. BurtcheU 
J. Forrestal - 



Mrs. and Miss Vicars] 
N. A. Power 
N. Power - 
Dr. J. Mackesy - 

Thomas Murphy 
J. Hunt - 
P. Hannebury 
J. Devereux - 

W. Walsh - 
J. Sullivan - 
N. Power - 
D. Bennett - 
James Butler 



Pierce Cor - 
James Kavanagh - 
Lord Templemore - 



N. A. Power 
Randle Borough • 
S. M'Canliffe 



Carlow 

Wexford 



Wexford 

ditto 

Kilkenny 



ditto 

ditto 

Waterford - 

ditto 

ditto 



ditto 

ditto 

Kilkenny 

Wexford 



Kilkenny 

ditto 

Kilkenny 



ditto 

ditto 

ditto 



To be abated, as being injurious to 
navigation, and erected without the 
title required by the 5 & 6 Viet, 
c. 106. 

To be abated, not having been legally 
erected in 1862. 

To be abated, as being injurious to 
navigation, and erected without the 
title required by the 5 & 6 Viet, 
c. 106. 

- - - ditto. 

- ditto. 

- - - ditto. 

- ditto. 

To be abated, not having been legally 
erected in 1862. 

To he abated, as being injurious to 
navigation, and erected without the 
title required by the 5 & 0 Viet, 
c. 106. 

To be abated, not having been legally 
erected in 1862. 

To be abated, 

Ditto, and erected without the title 
required by the 5 & G Viet. c. 106. 

- - - ditto. 

- - - ditto. 

• - - ditto. 

- - - ditto. 

- ditto. 

To he abated, as injurious to navigation - 

Ditto, and erected without the title 
required by the 5 & 6 Wet. c. 106. 

- - - ditto. 



ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 



iing injurious tc 



ditto 
Kilkenny 
Clare 
ditto - 



ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 

ditto. 



- ditto. 

- - - ditto. 

To be abated, as being injurious to navi- 

To be abated, as being erected in narrow 
channel. 

To be abated, as being injurious to 
navigation, and being illegally erected ; 
extending beyond low-water mark. 

To be abated, as injurious to navigation, 
and erected without the title required 
by tbe 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 

To be abated, as erected without the 
title required by the 5 & 6 Wet. 
5. 106. 



Those marked (*) were proved to have been situated in a several fishery. 



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No. 


Where Fixed Net Situated. 


Description 

of 

Fixed Net. 


Name of Owner 
of Fixed Net, 
or of Land to which 
Net attached. 


County. 


Judgment of Commissioners. 


| Observations. 




Shannon River - 


Stake-net - 


John Cox - 


Clare 








Ditto - 


ditto 


Francis Keane 


ditto - 


required by the a & G Viet. c. 106. 








Fly net - 


do to 


ditto - 






IB 






Benjamin Cox 














Colonel Vandeleur 


ditto - 








Ditto ■ 


ditto 


Francis Keane 


ditto - 










Flv net 


ditto 


ditto - 










ditto 


Colonel Vandeleur 


ditto - 








Ditto - - - 


ditto 


ditto 


ditto - 








Ditto - 


ditto 




ditto - 


- ditto. 




55 


Ditto - 

Ditto - 


ditto 

ditto 


ditto 


ditto - 


- ditto. 








ditto 


ditto 










Ditto - - - 


Stake net - 


ditto 












Fly net 


ditto 












Stake net - 












Ditto - 


ditto 


ditto 


ditto - 








Ditto - - - 


ditto 


William Ashe 












ditto 


James Kelly 


ditto - 








Ditto (Clonderalaw Bay)- 


ditto 




ditto - 


- ditto. 






Ditto - 


ditto 




ditto - 








Ditto - 






ditto - 


- - - ditto. 




67 


Ditto - 


ditto 


ditto 


ditto - 


ditto, and not having been legally erected 








ditto 


ditto 


ditto- - 






69 


Ditto --- - 


Fly net 






- ditto. 






River Barrow, otherwise Nore 


head weir - 


M. W. Knox 


Wexford - 


To be abated, as injurious to navigation. 






and Barrow conjoined. 


ditto 


G. Giles - 


Kilkenny - 


and as erected without the title re- 
quired by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 

- ditto. 




72 




Stake weir 


Lord Ely 


Wexford - 






conjoined, otherwise Water- 
ford Harbour. 


Bag net 


ditto 


ditto - 


required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 
- - - ditto. 






Suir, Nore, and Barrow con- 


Head weir - 


Lord 1 emplemore- 


ditto - 


To be abated, as injurious to navigation 






joined, otherwise Water- 
ford Harbour. 










charter proved to have 
existed for this weir; 
tut it was situated 
within the limits of a 
several fishery, and 
may have stood on site 
of one of several old 

charters produced by 
Lord Templqmore. 
The names and sites 
were not identified. 


77 






ditto 


ditto - 


required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 
- ditto. 






ditto 


Mary O’Neill 


ditto - 


- ditto. 










ditto 


ditto - 


- ditto. 








Head weir - 


Lord Teinplemore 


Wexford - 


To be abated by consent. 






joined. 




ditto 


ditto - 


- ditto. 










R. W. C. Reeves - 


Clare 


To be abated ; not erected in 1862. 












ditto - 


To be abated, as erected without the title 












ditto - 


required by 5 & 0 Viet. c. 106 ; and 
extending beyond low-water mark. 

- ditto. 








ditto 




ditto - 


To bo abated, as erected without the title 












ditto - 


required by 5 & 6 Viot. o. 106, and as 
being injurious to navigation. 

To be abated ; not erected in 1862. 










ditto 


ditto - 


- ditto. 














To be abated, as injurious to navigation, 












ditto - 


and as erected without the title re- 
quired by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 






Ditto 






ditto - 


required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 
To be abated ; not erected in 1862. 












ditto - 


To be abated, as injurious to navigation, 










Rev. T. Butler - 


ditto - 


and as erected without the title re- 
quired by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 

To be abated by consent. 








ditto - 


ditto 


ditto - 


- ditto. 












ditto - 


To be abated, as erected without the title 










T. Naughten 


Limerick - 


required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 

To be abated, as erected without the title 








ditto - 


Lord Guillamore - 


ditto - 


required by 5 Sc 6 Viet. c. 106. 
- ditto. 










Colonel Hickman - 


Clare 


- ditto. 




100 


Ditto - 


ditto 


Lord Monteagle - 


Limerick - 


To bo abated, as injurious to naviga- 




101 


Ditto - 








To be abated, as erected without the title 






rked (*) were proved 


to have been 


required by 5 & 6 Viet, c- 106, and 
injurious to public right of fishing. 

tuated in a several fishery. 





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No. 


Where Fixed Net Situated. 


Description 
Fixed Net. 


Name of Owner 
of Fixed Net, 
or of Land to which 
Net attached. 


County. 


J udgment of Commissioners. 


102 


Shannon River - 


Stake net - 


Lord Monteagle - 


Limerick - 


To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 






ditto 


ditto 


ditto 


• - - ditto. 










ditto 


- ditto. 








ditto 


ditto 


To be abated by consent. 


106 


Ditto - 


ditto 


Lord Clare - 


ditto 


To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 










ditto 


ditto. 


108 


Ditto - 


ditto 


Thomas Royse 


ditto 


To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 


109 


Ditto - 


ditto 


Earl of Clare 


ditto 


To be abated, not having been erected in 


111 


Ditto ... - 


ditto 


Knight of Glin - 


ditto 


To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 










ditto 


To be abated ; injurious to navigation. 


113 


Ditto - 


ditto 


ditto 


ditto - 


To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 6 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 










ditto 


- ditto .... 


116 


Ditto ... - 


ditto 


Rev. R. Fitzgerald 


ditto 


To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106, and not 
erected in 1862. 


117 


Ditto - 


ditto 


P. J. Mayne 


Kerry 


To be abated; not legally erected in 1862, 
and injurious to the public right of 
fishing. 

- ditto. 










ditto 


119 


Ditto - 


ditto 


W. C. Hiekey - 


ditto 


To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Vict.c. 106. 








C. Sandes - 


ditto 


To be abated; not erected in 1862. 










ditto 


-■ ditto. 


122 


Ditto - 


ditto 


Lord Listowel 


ditto 


To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 10G. 








ditto 


ditto 


- ditto. 






Stake net - 


Leslie Wren 


ditto 


- ditto ; and not erected in 1862. 










ditto 


- ditto - - - ditto. 


126 


Ditto - 


ditto 


Leslie Wren 


ditto - 


To be abated, as injurious to public rights 
of fishing. 


127 


Sea off const of county Cork 


Bag net - 


Samuel Hoddcr - 


Cork - 


To be abated, as being within three miles 
of Carrigaline river mouth. 


128 


Ditto - 


Fly net - 


Lord Ponaonby - 


ditto 


To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 






ditto 


Murdock Green - 


ditto 


- ditto. 






Stake net - 


ditto 


ditto 










D. L. Lewis 


ditto 


To be abated, os injurious to navigation. 


132 


Ditto - 


bog net 


Roger Davis 


ditto 


To be abated, being within three miles 
of mouth of Womanogh river. 


135 


River Bl&ckwater 


Stake net . 


Trustees of Mrs. 
Osborne. 


Waterford - 


To be abated, as injurious to navigation. 


136 


Ditto - 


ditto 


Lord Stuart de Deciea 


ditto 


To be abated, as injurious to navigation, 


137 






ditto 


ditto 


- ditto. 


138 


Ditto - 


ditto - 




ditto 


- ditto. 


139 




ditto 




ditto 


- - - ditto. 


140 






ditto 


ditto 


- - - ditto. 


141 










- ditto. 


142 


Ditto - 


Head weir - 




ditto 


- ditto. 


143 


Ditto - - - 


Slake net - 


Hon. C.W.M. Smythe 


ditto 


- ditto. 


144 


Ditto - 


ditto 




ditto 


To be abated, as injurious to navigation. 


145 


Ditto - 


ditto 




ditto 


- ditto. 


146 


Ditto - 


ditto 


Samuel Allen 


ditto 


To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 


147 


Ditto - 


ditto 


P.Slinev A J. Hurley 


ditto 


To be abated, as injurious to navigation. 
To be abated, by consent. 


148 


Ditto ... - 


ditto 




ditto 


149 


Ditto - - - 


ditto 




ditto - 


- ditto. 


150 


Ditto - 


ditto 


J. Kiely - 




To be abated, as injurious to navigation. 


161 


Ditto - - - 


ditto 








162 








ditto 




153 


Ditto - 


ditto 






To be abated, as injurious to navigation- 


154 


Ditto - 


ditto 


E. M ‘Sweeney 


ditto 


To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 


156 


Ditto - 


ditto 




ditto 


- ditto. 


157 


Ditto .... 


ditto 




ditto 


- ditto. 


158 


Ditto .... 


ditto 




ditto 


- ditto. 


159 


Ditto .... 


ditto 




ditto 


- ditto. 


160 


Ditto .... 




M. Hickey - 


ditto 


- ditto. 


161 


Ditto .... 




C. Ussher - 




To be abated, not erected in 1862. 


162 


Ditto 


ditto 




ditto 


1 o be abated, as injurious to navigation. 


163 


Ditto .... 


ditto 






. ditto. 


164 












165 


Bride .... 


ditto 


C. Ussher - 




- . - ditto. 


166 












.167 




ditto 








168 


Ditto .... 








- ditto. 


169 


Ditto .... 


ditto 


R. P. Maxwell - 


ditto 


- ditto. 


170 


Ditto .... 


ditto 


R. Oliver - 


ditto 


- ditto. 


171 


Ditto ... 


ditto 




ditto 


- ditto. 




Ditto .... 










173 


Ditto .... 


ditto 






- ditto. 


174 


Ditto .... 








- ditto. 


175 












176 


Ardmore Bay - 


Bag net - 


P. O’Dell - - 


ditto 


To be abated, as erected without the title 
required bv 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 




Ditto - - 


ditto 


ditto 


ditto 


- ditto. 



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Where Fixed Net situated. 



Castiemaine Harbour - 

Ditto - - - 

Ditto - 
Ditto - 



Ballinskelligs Bay 

Sea off Coast of co. Louth - 



Ditto 

Ditto 

Ditto 

Ditto 

Ditto 

Ditto 



Sea at entrance tc 
Harbour 

Sea off Coast of ct 



Ditto 

Ditto 

Ditto 



Sea off Coast of co. Donegal 



Ditto ... - 

Ditto - 
Sea offCoast of co. Londonderry 
Ditto - 

Lough Foyle 
Ditto - 
Ditto - 
Ditto - 
Ditto - 
Ditto - 
Ditto - 

Ditto - - - 

Sea off Coast of co. Slig 



ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 



ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 



ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 



ditto 
ditto 
ditto 
Bag net 



Bag net 



Name of Owner 
of Fixed Net, 
r of Land to which 
Net attached. 



Reps. LordVentry 
Sirlt. Blennerhasseti 
E. Reeves - 

T. A. Newcome 

Arthur Newcomen 
A. Godley - 
Arthur Newcomen 
ditto 

Sir A. Bellingham 
A. Godley - 

Lord Antrim 
N. D. Cromelin ■ 

Lord Antrim 
ditto 

ditto 

H. H. M'Neile • 



J. M. Gildowney - 
J. K. Tenant 
ditto 

J. E. Leslie - 



Rev. S. Montgomery| 

J. S. Nicholson 
Anne Kean 
E. M'Clelland 
J, S. Nicholson 
R. C. Stewart 
Sir H. H. Bruce 
ditto 



Irish Society 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 



Colonel Knox 
Rev. J- M'Naughten 
Rev. C. L. Thomas 
H. S. O’Brien 



Mayo 
ditto - 
ditto - 
Clare 



Mayo 
ditto - 



Judgment of Commissioners. 



To be abated ; not erected in 18G2. 

To be abated; within three miles of mouth 
of In ny River. 

To be abated, os erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet, c- 106. 

- - - ditto. 



ditto. 



- ditto. 

To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 

To be abated; injurious to navigation - 



To be abated within three miles of mouth 
of Glenarm River. 

To be abated in Estuary of Glenarm 
River. 

Ditto, within three miles of mouths of 
Cushendall and Glenarriffe Rivers. 

- - - Ditto. 

Ditto, within three miles of Ballycostle 
River. 

- ditto. 

• - - ditto. 

- - - ditto. 

- ditto. 

To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 

- ditto. 

To bo abated within Estuary of Bush 
River. 

- ditto. 

To be abated ; within three miles of 
mouth of Bann River. 

To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 
ditto, 
ditto, 
ditto, 
ditto, 
ditto. 



To be abated ; within Estuary of Foyle 
River. 

To be abated, injurious to navigation - 

- ditto. 

- - - ditto. 

- ditto. 



- ditto. 

- ' - ditto. 

To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 

- ditto. 

- ditto. 

- ditto. 

To be abated, as injurious to navigation 
and public rights of fishing, and as 
erected on the site of a weir previously 
condemned. 

To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 

- ditto. 

To be abated, as erected without the title 
required by 5 & 6 Viet. c. 106. 

- ditto. 



Those marked (*) were proved to have been situated in a several fishery. 



Dated at the Office of the Special Commissioners 
for Irish Fisheries, 4, Dawson-street, Dublin. 
24 April 1866. 



Fred. Eden, I <jvj ie gp ec ial Commissioners for 
Wallace Houston, -• Irish Fisheries. 



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