School: Leatbeg (roll number 16146)
- Location:
- Leat Beg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mrs Peoples
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- (continued from previous page)great control over the tenants.
They could dispossessed them or do whatever they liked with them.
About sixty years ago when my grandfather was living our land and the McNutts land were run dale (sic) so the land lord divided it into two separate farms.
My grandfather was living were the McNutts are living now and the McNutts were living where we are living now. The both parties were unwilling to change to each others houses. Lord Leitrim came over and gave them ten days to change or he would dispossess them and the both parties were so stiff necked that they did not leave until the night before they were to be evicted.
There were two other men about the same time(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Morrow
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Leat Beg, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- William Morrow
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Leat Beg, Co. Donegal
