School: Fothanach (roll number 7980)

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1. The Landlord

   

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   1. The local landlord was Captain O'Neill. He inherited from his uncle Major Segrave of Bandon, Co. Cork. He was a good landlord. He never evicted anybody. He was paid with money twice a year, once in May and once in November. A man named Stopford collected the rent. It was the landlord who divided the land into farms but it was not divided again between the members of a family. I do not know how long the landlord's family had been there. The people never refused to pay the rent.

   2. There were many landlords in this area. The first landlord was Lord Ffrench. After his death it passed to a man named Crook. It is supposed that a woman, Mrs. Rollinson got the rents after Crook. Ross Mahon was a rent collector for a while. After her the landlords went under the name of "Rowe and Bowne Unknown". No one knew who they were and it is supposed they never existed. Tithes were collected and they were reckoned as every tenth sheaf of corn. The tenant would have to go to Aughaim and pay it to the Protestant minister named Powe. In some

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Brennan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Doon Lower, Co. Galway

   Collector

   John Glynn

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Fohanagh, Co. Galway

   Collector

   John Kenny

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Callow, Co. Galway

   Collector

   Patrick Sweeney

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Fohanagh, Co. Galway

   Collector

   Stephen Cahill

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lisnascreena, Co. Galway