School: Kilmactranny (roll number 6385)

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1. The Landlords (continued)

   

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   part of Fiolliards property thickly tenanted and with a gentlemen's residence there -on.
   In a short time afterwards he evicted 92 tenants of Fiolliard's property and tradition tells us there is a curse on the place ever since.
   There is no account of the Fiolliards and Gardener, is living ever since in a state of beggary.
   Plunket Mac Padden was a landlord and he had a lot of property in Geevagh Parish.
   He was a cruel man to his tenants but nothing worse than his agent Billy Fattlow.
   If a poor man was short when the rent day came, or if his family was to starve with hunger he should get the rent in full
   In 1907 he thought to serve processes on all his tenants by registered letters.
   The people gathered, raided mail bags, and destroyed the bills. He was the cause

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tessie Mc Dermottroe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloghmine, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mr Pat Clements

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Highwood, Co. Sligo