School: Drom an Eargail, Áth Treasna (roll number 10361)

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Dromanarrigle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Caoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0355, Page 206

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    There is no account of people who never wore boots or shoes in this locality long ago.

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  2. The Local Landlord of my locality was Bingheim and Curry. They lived in Lisdangan for a long time until an agitation arose and they ran short of money and they mortaged this estate to a firm of bankers by the name of Guiness and Mahon and they were the land agents untill the Land Purchase Act of the year 1903 when the land was solt to the tenants.
    They were good Landlords, they charged no Rents during the years of the Great Famine. Very few evictions were carried out. There were a few planters in Lisdangan but finally they died away. The Land was divided into farms by the guidance of the Landlord.
    This Landlord exercised certain rules over his
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