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School: Eanach Dubh (B.) (roll number 13656)

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Annaduff, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Thomas Morahan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0214, Page 077

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    and evicted him. He was then to go and live on a beautiful island in the middle of a lake that bordered his land.
    There he built a little hut and defied Lord Leitrim put him out of it. This talk made the landlord very angry and by false measurements he proved the island belonged to him.
    McCrann was forced to leave the island and go and beg his way through the country.
    Lord Leitrim summoned him to court. A clever man by the name of Patrick Reynolds, Corduff, Dromod, Co Leitrim, wrote a letter in the Lord Lieutenant's name asking the judge to dismiss the court and restore the land to McCrann.
    He gave the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Peter Reynolds
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corduff, Co. Leitrim