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School: Cnoc Breac

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New Inn, Co. Galway
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M. Ó Maoldúin
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    The Landlords
    The local landlord for his district was James O'Hara Trench and he lived at Clonfort. The landlords were looked upon as bad landlords. The people were in the district for about a hundred years or more. There was evictions, and those who were evicted went to America. The landlords got possession of the land after the battle of Aughrim.
    The land was divided into farms about nine or ten Irish acres in each. The landlord did not use any special power over his tenants but the Agents did. He used to make them cut the turf, save it and bring it
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Donohoe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    New Inn, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Melody
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Corrabaun, Co. Galway