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School: Lismire, Áth Treasa

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Lismire, Co. Cork
Teacher:
John Hishon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0352, Page 088

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    small price. In a parish adjoining ours he carried out a terrible campaign evicting all his tenants and breaking in the walls of their houses. The people offered a very stubborn resistence and fought hard to hold their homes but some of the tenants had to go for good. The Police helped the landlord here, and any persons working for the landlord were called "Black legs" and had to work under police protection. This was known as the "Curass campaign." Pigs were often given as payment of rent long ago. Those landlords are all gone and we are not sorry, yet we wish them peace.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Amhlaoibh
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Denis Kearney
    Gender
    Male