School: Belturbet (B)

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1. Place Names (continued)

   

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   The following are the names of the fields, Cottage Plot and Dolan's field.
   No catholic was let sleep on the South side of the bridge until shortly before Emancipation.
   The Slip
   Long ago the people carried their goods down the river to Fermanagh in a cot or boat and they anchored their boats at the Slip.

   

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2. Local Landlords

   

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   The local (local) Land-lord's name was Butler and he lived at Lanesboro Lodge. He was a good land-lord and he had no evictions. The land was given to him at the time of the "Ulster Plantation'. The Irish soldiers burned down Lanesboro lodge in the year '1920. Lanesboro Lodge is beside the river and there are sticks with pieces burned out of them sticking in the walls. Some of

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