School: Butlerstown (C.), Portláirge (roll number 14679)
- Location:
- Butlerstown South, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Fhlannagáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0650, Page 370
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- The landlord who owned the district of Kilronan was named Mr. Pigeon, and the landlords who owned the district of Ballycashin was named Mr. Lane-Fox. The usual price of the land was thirty shillings or £1 an acre every year. Then if a man wanted more land, he went to the agent and said he would give five shillings more than his neighbour, and a fat goose every Christmas for every acre of his neighbour's land. So the poor neighbour was evicted, and the other man got the land. Mr. Lane-Foxe's agent was Mr. Latouche. He was a very cruel man. The people had to dig drains to drain all the water into the Kilbarry Bogs. There was a poor man named Power, who had married a farmer's daughter. He was digging drains one day(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Foghlúda
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr James Power
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 82
- Address
- Butlerstown South, Co. Waterford
