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School: Moylough (C.) (roll number 13832)

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Moylough, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Margaret Devine
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    Our local landlord was Majoy Cooper. His people had been landlords in this district for over one hundred years. The Coopers were looked upon as being good landlords and they were noted for their generosity to the poor people. It is said that they spent two or three hundred pounds on the poor yearly.
    Their agents were very bad men and evicted many people. Most of these people who were evicted settled down in the bog and built little houses for themselves. Others went to England. Through the high honours conferred on the Coopers in the British army they became landlords of more than half of Co. Sligo.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Parsons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowreagh (Cooper), Co. Sligo
    Informant
    John Parsons
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowreagh (Cooper), Co. Sligo