The people of the district round Loughrea have explained their
view of Mr. Parnell's advice about sending to Coventry offending tenants who take land vacated by evictions with great clearness. A man named Hynes bid for some land belonging to Lord Dunsandle, from which a tenant had been evicted. Hun- dreds of farmers were accordingly summoned to a meeting to de- nounce him, and on their way passed his house. It was defended by one hundred police, but the farmers attacked the fences, walls, and gates of the land taken by Hynes, piled them all in the public road, and carried out his hay, which they gave away. The hay cost him £18. They then held the meeting of denun- ciation, at which remarks were made that he ought to be shot. Next day, Hynes attended a meeting in Longhrea, announced that he had surrendered the land, declared that he sacrificed his £18 cheerfully, and apologised to the Land League for resist- ing public opinion. The Land League, in his judgment, was the hope of Ireland. There does not appear to be any chance of redress for him, or any punishment possible for the wilful destruction of Lord Dunsandle's property.
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