School: Willistown, Dunleer (roll number 7597)
- Location:
- Willistown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ó Liatháin
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- No fairs now held in locality.
Fairs were held in the local village - Annagassan - up to seventy or eighty years ago.
- Landlords of the district were Lord Rathdonnell,
Drumcan: Mr Thompson, Annagassan,
Sir Henry Bellingham, Castle bellingham
Lord Rathdonnell was landlord of the townlands of Drumcar, Willistown, & Adamstown.
No evictions on his estate.
Mr Thompson lived in Annagassan where he owned & worked the grinding mill which is still working & is now owned by D. Dougherty & Co.
He does not appear to have been a severe landlord but was fond of those tenants who told him that they didn't use butter.
Sir Henry Bellingham was landlord of Salterstown and had an eviction there - the tenant being Mr Johnson.
On the day of the eviction the neighbours locked the gate leading to the farmyard & by means of some fire carried in the cover of a pot managed to heat the lock of the gate.
On the bailiffs putting in an appearance they withdrew leaving the unfortunate bailiff(continues on next page)
