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School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (roll number 13286)

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Teerelton, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Dd. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0339, Page 185

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    The local Landlords were the Warrens and the Masseys who were the big Landlords of note. Their families had been in this country for generations. They were looked upon as fairly good landlords. There were very few evictions carried out under their regime. Mostly all the people who were evicted went to America. the landlord and their ancestors got possession of the land from the English when the latter conquered the Irish. The land was divided into farms by the landlords.
    These farms were sub-divided among members
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Denis Buttimer
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Deshure, Co. Cork
    Informant
    James Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Deshure, Co. Cork