1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Ráth Bhán

School: Ráth Bhán (roll number 15996)

Location:
Rathbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Ss Ó Donnchadha
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 041

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 041

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Ráth Bhán
  2. XML Page 041
  3. XML “William O'Brien and Parnell”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. William O'Brien and Parnell

    Share Share Post
    In Mayo in the eighteenth century, three-quarters of the people were starving.
    Parnell was the leader of the Irish people at that time. At that time the people had no hold to the lands; whether they paid their rents or not the landlords could turn them out of their houses at any time.
    William OBrien Parnell and Michael Davitt got up an organisation and succeeded to get the land for the people
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Walshe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Mayo