School: Eslin (roll number 10026)

Location:
Eslinbridge, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 342

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  1. The fact of Lord Leitrim's law forbidding any priest to live on his estate still retained full force and he selected Gortletteragh. Moreover, his native home was in the townland of Drumgilra, on Lord Leitrim's estate, and the priest expressed his wish and intention to take up residence there. The family had all left it with the exception of his aged mother, now over seventy years old, and her youngest daughter.
    A brief account of the treatment measured out by Lord Leitrim to this family will explain why the last son left home, and it will also convey a slight idea of what the tenants on the estate must have suffered from his tyranny.
    Lord Leitrim was a good horseman, and was accustomed to ride over his estate to observe the homesteads of his tenants in order to find excuses
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Marion Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumlara, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Stephen Mc Gann
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumlara, Co. Leitrim