School: Cill Críosta
- Location:
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0035, Page 0328
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“The great curse of Ireland was landlordism . . .”
(continued from previous page)those evictions were to see (par) pretty farm houses and cottages destroyed by the battering ram (the implement used (which) when destroying the houses) of the bailiffs and the people thrown out on the roadside then only the workhouse and the emigrant's ship to look forward to.
The Land League an organisation founded by Michael Davitt in 1879 had for its object was the stopping of rack-renting and evictions and to enable the Irish farmer to live and thrive.
In 1885 the first Land Purchase Act passed a measure to enable Irish farmers to buy their farms from the land owners.
The Government placed 5 million pounds at the disposal of the Irish farmers so that they could borrow as much as necessary. Some of the Landlords were: Dudley Perfse of the Roxboro(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mena Fallon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Raheen Oughter, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Fallon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Raheen Oughter, Co. Galway