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  1. The Landlord

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    A person who owned a large farm of land was called a landlord. The people who rented it were called tenants. In some cases some of those landlords owned land for miles of the country and derived a very large income out of his estate.
    The landlord of Anratabeg was a man named Baffe who lived down near Castlerea but he sold his rights to his tenants many years ago.
    The rent of these lands were fairly high but
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Gill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Anrittabeg, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Peter Gill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Anrittabeg, Co. Roscommon