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School: Landsdowne (Cuar na gCoileach) (roll number 6091)

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Coornagillagh, Co. Kerry
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Eibhlín, Bean Uí Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0463, Page 411

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    “Lord Lansdowne was the "absolute landlord" of the lands of Tuosist.”

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    Lord Lansdowne was the "absolute landlord" of the lands of Tuosist (T.J. Townsend Trench as agent making use of the rack rents and hanging gates to enrich his own purse. Trench was a tyrant who persecuted Land Leaguers and any tenant couldn't call his soul his to own.
    When Blenherhasset was up for election As M.P. here in South Kerry French sent cover cars around the tenant's doors to convey them to the polling booth as an additional bribe to voter to cast his vote for the landlord's man & against the materialist who then was I think P. J. Boland.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen O Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coornagillagh, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Palmer
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bunane, Co. Kerry