School: Mionloch (C) (roll number 8800)
- Location:
- Menlough, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Bean Uí Oisín Bean Uí Dhubhagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 065
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- The Landlord of Ballagh property long ago was a man named Robert St Jorge Johston. He lived in a place called Lanesboro Co Longford.
He had a wooden leg and he could walk very fast with it.
He (ha) used to come up in May and November to collect his rents. He was a very nice man to his tenants. Sometime later his health broke down and he used to send an Agent named Webbs. Who was a cruel tyrant.
He used to face the poor tenants like a dog if they failed to pay the rent he used to send them a process. They found it very hard to pay(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nonie Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Byrne
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 61
- Address
- Ballaghnagrosheen, Co. Galway
