School: Cliffoney (B.) (roll number 13882)

On this page

1. A Story of the Landlord and His Tenants (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   (continued from previous page)

   situated on the south side of the village of Cliffoney and about a mile distant from it.
   At this time there were about twelve farmers living in it. Their farms ran parallel to each other, in the direction of the sea from the main road leading to Sligo.
   Between the shore and the foot of the lands was a grazing common and though this was a >right of way<, which from time immemorial had been used by the Edenreva farmers for carting sea weed that had been cast up on the shore in the Winter time, to their lands.
   This sea weed was a very valuable manure and much prized by the farmers.
   In the Winter of 1889 when this valuable sea weed had been cast up by the storms, the Edenreva men began as usual to cart home the sea weed and used their right-of-way in doing so.

   (continues on next page)

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Mc Hugh

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir

   Address

   Cliffony, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Pat Kennedy

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70

   Address

   Cliffony, Co. Sligo