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School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)

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Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
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Síghle Ní Shíothcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 250

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    raised their rents on them.
    Landlords came into power as a result of the English invasion.
    The land was first divided into large holdings and afterwards it was sub-divided. The landlords exercised very severe powers over their tenants. They could make no improvements in their houses or farms without the consent of the landlord. If they did, their rents would be raised greatly.
    The agents were a kind of middle men who had charge of a number of townlands for a lifetime of some certain man or as they used to say during
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Mary Agnes Cronin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Reaboy, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Denis Buckley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Reaboy, Co. Kerry