A. "Only six months."
Q. "During that time have you known of any instance of an illegitimate child being born in the village of the Claddagh?"
A. "Not only have I never known of such a case, but I have never heard any person attribute such a case to the fisherwomen of Claddagh. I was on duty in the three islands of Arran, inhabited almost exclusively by fishermen, who also farm potatoes, and I never heard of one of their women—who are remarkable for their beauty—having had an illegitimate child, nor did I ever hear it attributed to them; indeed, I have been informed by Mr. ——-, a magistrate who has lived in Galway for eight years, and has been on temporary duty in the island of Arran, that he also had never heard there of a case of that nature."—P. 209.
A. "I have been here better than two years, and during that time I have never known of any woman of Claddagh having had an illegitimate child—indeed, I have never even heard of it."
Q. "Have you ever known of any such case in Galway?"
A. "Oh, I think there have been some cases in town. Of my own knowledge I cannot say so, but I have heard of it."—Ibid.
Q. "How long have you been in charge of the Claddagh village?"
A. "I have been nine years here, for five years of which last March I
have been in charge of Claddagh."
Q. "During that time has there been an illegitimate child born
there?"
A. "No, I have never heard of it, and if it had happened I should have been sure to have heard of it, as they wouldn't have allowed her to stop in the village."—P. 210.