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School: Baile an Churraigh

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Ballincurry, Co. Galway
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A. L. Ó Maoileannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 357

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    money that he bought this land, and settled agents in each district. Sometime later his stock got disease and a large portion of them did not survive. This loss made him sell the land to the land commission.
    Caulfield was landlord in Kilbegnet area and Shiel was his agent. One Xmas Eve, Shiel, by orders evicted eighty families. When he arrived in one house where a woman and a large family lived, he found a pot of stirabout, boiling for the families supper after ordering the occupants out, he lifted the pot off the fire and flung it out after them.
    Ever since he is
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary K. Mee
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballincurry, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Lohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymoe, Co. Galway