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School: Turin (roll number 7827)

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Bríd Mhistéal
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 074

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  1. Families who First Came to Ireland at the Time of the Plantation

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    The families of Purdon, Levinge, and Reynell were all supposed to come to this area about the time of the plantations 1681.
    Reynell got 1,000 acres of the best fattening land in the country. the Purdon family of three brothers, each got 1,000 - one farm having a splendid castle built on it - and Levenge, who afterwards had the "title of Lord" conferred on the family, got 1,500 acres.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Angela Crowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloghan, Co. Westmeath