THE GARDENING WORLD. 
February 14, 1903. 
An Agricultural College for 
Connaught. 
At the usual monthly meeting of the Tuam 
District Council on the 31st ult., Mr. Thomas 
Higgins, J.P., chairman, presiding, a large 
deputation, consisting of the inhabitants of 
Miltown, including the Rev. M. Diskin, P.P., 
and Mr. Glynn, B.A., solicitor, waited on that 
body, whose influence with the Agricultural 
Department they sought to bring about the 
purchase of the Kilclooney House, Miltown, 
Galway, for the purpose of establishing a 
college. 
Mr. Glynn, speaking on behalf of the 
deputation, said he had come there because 
he had been connected with the Kilclooney 
property in getting the Congested Districts 
Board to purchase it. They all came here 
to-day to ask the council to pass a resolution 
requesting the Department to buy Kilclooney 
House, and portion of the demesne for the 
purpose mentioned, and as everything suited 
admirably, all that remained was to make 
the bargain. The Congested Districts Board 
had purchased 500 acres of this property for 
sub-dividing it amongst the' tenants. The 
lands were not yet divided. The house was 
formerly owned by the Bodkins, and lie' was 
sure the Congested Districts Board would be 
willing to sell it and portion of the demesne 
at a fair and reasonable price. He then read 
the following resolution, which he asked the 
council to adopt: “ Resolved, that we, the 
Tu am District Council, desire to bring under 
the notice of the Department of Agriculture 
the desirability of securing Kilclooney House 
(Miltown) in this district from the Congested 
Districts Board for the purpose of using same 
as an Agricultural School, or for some other 
such purpose. The district is not scheduled 
under the Congested Districts Board, but the 
latter has bought portions of the property 
on which the Mansion House stands. As 
some of the demesne could also be secured 
with the house, an opportunity which may 
not readily occur again in the county pre¬ 
sents itself of acquiring at a very small cost 
. a fine house and some admirable land for 
such a school, we request that the Depart¬ 
ment will send down an inspector to visit 
the place, and assure them that every assist¬ 
ance will be given locally to the project.’’ 
The Chairman said there would be no 
objection on the part of the council in adopt¬ 
ing such a resolution. 
Father Diskin, P.P. : The people of Mil- 
iitown held a meeting- and agreed to this. 
There will be 30 acres of land sold with the 
mansion. 
Chairman : And this house will do for the 
Province of Connaught then. 
The resolution was unanimously adopted, 
((and the clerk was directed to forward copies 
i of same to the Department of Agriculture 
: and the Galway County Council. 
A laboratory has been opened at the 
I gardens of the Royal Botanic Society in 
I Regent’s Park, where classes in botany and 
horticultural chemistry are held three times 
i a week. Mr. E. J. Schwartz, demonstrator 
] in botany at King’s College, has been 
( appointed director. 
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