School: Na Creaga
- Location:
- Creggs, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Breandáin
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- Pollock was the landlord of this district in the year 1853. He owned Creggs, Milford, Fairfield, Skehard, Curraghbeg, and Glinsk.
He evicted between (eve) eleven hundred and thirteen families in the year 1855. He then started to knock all the small houses of the tenants and make large grazing places of all the holdings.
Denis Kelly lived in Aughrana near the village of Ballygar. He was the landlord of that district, and carried out many evictions on his estate. He also built the town of Ballygar, and also the great market place. There is also a round tower in Killroran graveyard that was erected to his memory.
The Caulfields were the landlords in Donamon. They were very kind to their tenants, and held great(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Angie Kilby
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Creggs, Co. Galway
- Informant
- William Keaveney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Creggs, Co. Galway
