ESTATES IN IRELAND GIVEN UP
EARL OF HAREWOOD MAKES OFFER TO TENANTS (Received December 5, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, December 5. The last personal link between the Irish Free State and the Royal Family is being severed by the Earl of Harewood’s decision no longer to maintain his estates at Lough Rea, County Galway, says The Sunday Graphic. He inherited the lands from the Earl of Clanricharde.
The Earl of Harewood made a generous offer to his tenants, cancelling arrears of rent and providing for an 11-year purchase scheme, which surprised the Irish Leaseholders’ Association, which, being advised to demand a seven-year scheme, delayed negotiations ' for a long time. The Earl’s action in cancelling the arrears of rent is believed to involve thousands of. pounds, and it is expected that it will cancel summonses for rent which is due on December 21.
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Southland Times, Issue 23375, 6 December 1937, Page 5
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