School: Grange (roll number 3759)
- Location:
- Grange, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Tomás de Búrca
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- (continued from previous page)and marshy. If they didn't do this they were put out of it, and it was given to others.
These farms were never Sub-divided among members of families on marriages, as they were too small.
The landlord made the {tents} tenants work for him at certain times of the year without payment.
If a tenant gave the land-money he would evict another and give him farm.
When the tenants were building their dwelling houses the landlord went up on the hill set a pole. Then he made them build their houses in a horizontle line with this pole. No matter what state the site of the dwelling was in the house had to be built on it according to the landlord's instructions.
- Collector
- Michael Mc Gown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Streedagh, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Michael Mc Gown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Streedagh, Co. Sligo
