School: Caisleán Nua (B) (roll number 15771)
- Location:
- Newcastle, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán S. Ó Faoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 105
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- (continued from previous page)any animals long ago, they had to make the bargain before the market cross which stands there.
- In this school area there were several Landlords.
The Richardsons of Tyaquinn,
the Halls of Knockbrack,
the Dalys of Dunsandle and
the Mitchells of Benville
As far as know the Richardsons and the Halls bought their property from the Burkes who lived in Newcastle as we have heard the Richardsons of Tyaquinn were not Landlords but for a very short time. They treated their tenants well at all times and they never evicted anybody.
These Landlords did not act very cruelly to their tenants. They only attempted to evict one person in Shudane but they did not succeed.
Long ago a person could not cut a rick of turf for sale or if he did he would have to give half the price to the landlord, or if he drained his land the(continues on next page)
