School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

Location:
Faugher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 91

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  1. The Stuarts were Landlords in Ards for about 200 years, there were also Landlords in Horn Head of the same name. The Olparts were in (Falcall) Fallcarragh. Some of the people looked up to the Landlords and were always bowing to them. It was during the reign of these Landlords that the lands were divided in Ards. People with no land did not get a farm but the farms were given to people to make their farms bigger. There were some evictions in the Upper end of the parish and the evicted people nearly all went to America.
    The Tithe collector was a man named Moore. He was a man who was hated by
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Winnie Harkin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    J. Harkin
    Gender
    Unknown
    Age
    58
    Address
    Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal