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   prodicins in their place and them that was put out of their own farms went to Amaircke. Anod body had their own land.

   The places that the landlords had their bigest farm they build a house and made the men divide the places up into small farms and that is why there is so many small farms in the district.

   The people had to pay a tenth of their money every year and some of the people did not pay the money because they had none.

   

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   There was a man in old times and he had his home around Tolidisk and he owned all the land around Buncrana. In the good days he would take his men out to hunt with him. His name was Eddie arts. The way Eddie arts punished his men if they did anything wrong was they did not get out with the other men when they were going to hunt the next day. If men were helping other men to demand anything he would not get out neither. The landlords got their farms from their grandfathers and others got their farms

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   Language

   English

   Informant

   John Mc Laughlin

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   Age

   71

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   Sladran, Co. Dhún na nGall