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School: Áth na gClaidheamh (roll number 10537)

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Annagleve, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0937, Page 342

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    The landlord who ruled this estate long ago was Lord Hope. He lived in Merrion Square in Dublin. The people considered him a very bad landlord, because he made them pay very high rents.
    Each landlord got five or six districts to rule over. Some of them got more districts than others, and each landlord's division was called an estate. Our landlord ruled over six town-lands: namely, Annaglaive, Tatygar, Corvoo, Kinigan, Knockagolis and Cavana-guilla.
    The people had to go into
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Shevlin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Informant
    Peter Shevlin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    51
    Address
    Annagleve, Co. Monaghan