School: Cill a' Lachtáin

Location:
Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó hAllmhuráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0357

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    him and said "Let you eat grass." After a time the landlord was shot on the side of the road and when he was dying he chewed grass.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. The landlord of this district was Lord Clonbrock. He was over fifty years in the district. He was a good landlord. The was a few evictions carried out. He never brought strangers on the land. He came from England in the time of Cromwell and he got the land. He sold the land to the commissioners and they divided it among all the tenants. He had a seat along with the house of lords in England
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lurgan Great, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Kearns
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Lurgan Great, Co. Galway