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School: Errill, Ballybrophy (roll number 928)

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Errill, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 398

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    Lord Castletown belongs to a very old family of the Mac Giolla Pahaic, He got his land about a thousand acres in Lisduff from King William of Orange. Lord Castle town was never hard on his tenants and there were not many evicted in his time. He was very king to his people in the famine times.
    One day my granny said there were about ninety evicted between Lisduff station and Gorman's cross they were evicted by an agent named Price who was a bad sort of a man.One man
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Éamonn Caimpion
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    44
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Lisduff, Co. Laois