School: Brannockstown (roll number 16817)
- Location:
- Brannockstown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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- My Father told me that his Grandfather was evicted from Grangemore as well as four other Keenan families long ago. When the bailiffs would be coming to the houses to put them out. The people used to fight them with pitch-forks and rotten-eggs and used to pour pitch down on them to keep them away for a while. The people were only have three beds. Then the people went to other houses.
- Long ago the landlords were very cruel. There were a lot of people put out of their houses in Kilcullen and Grangemore.
The people used to fight the landlords with pitch-forks, dirty water and rotten eggs.
When there was(continues on next page) - Collector
- Patsy Keenan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Brannockstown, Co. Kildare
