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    He was a land grabber he took land that another man owned but could not pay the rent. Foran held it and would not give it up for anything. He was often threatened, but it took no effect of him. He could get no servants to work for him. So one Sunday he went to Tralee for to hire servants.
    He was watched coming home by the moonlighters. They held him up a quarter of a mile from Mountcoal Cross. They ordered the servants out of the car from him, also his son Micheal. He pleaded for
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Flaherty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Kirby
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72
    Address
    Mountcoal, Co. Kerry