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School: Lisdoonan

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Lisdoonan, Co. Monaghan
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S. Mac an Éanaigh
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    Indian meal. The people were to be seen lying dead by the roadside. The rent of a twenty acre farm at that time was £ 19.
    The people would not be allowed to cut a tree on their farm or keep a goat to provide them with milk as goats injured [?] the green hedges and the landlords did not like like this.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Alice Finegan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85
    Address
    Monalia, Co. Monaghan