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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 252

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    No wonder the people here hated them and hunted them without mercy. They showed no mercy themselves but threatened the poor tenants to evict them before night if they hadn't the fattest sheep or cow sent to them before night. If they failed they were evicted or else their rents were raised often to as high as £20 or £25.
    No wonder people were then in poverty all their lives and no wonder they had to emigrate to a foreign land, while their fat landlords and their agents were living in luxury
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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