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1. The Local Landlord

   

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   The local landlord. 13-10-1938. The last landlord for Grange, Co. Sligo, was a Mr. Johnston. He was supposed to be a very good landlord as he treated his tenants well. The landlord for Rinroe, Grange, was a man named Mr. Barry. He was a very bad landlord. He was a peddlar in England and he earned his money by selling cloth from house to house. When he had enough money he came home to Rinroe and baught all the houses and land there. He was a very cruel landlord and he evicted all people who would not pay rent to him. Others had to England to earn the rent for him. But since the time of the Land League no evictions have taking place. The land which people held from these landlords was sometimes divided among members of families on marriage at that time. These landlords had great power over their tenants and they often

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Kilfeather

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Grange, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mrs Ellen O Connor

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   75

   Address

   Grange, Co. Sligo