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  1. The Shooting of George Ealy

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    There was a tyrant of an agent living out in Ballaghmore who used collect the rent for the Ely O'Carrolls named George Ealy.
    On the first of november 1858 a man named Jim Delaney went to George Ealy to pay his rent. Ealy told him that his son had a dog and a gun and that he would have to banish one of themas he could not keep bith of them. Jim told his son who said that he would banish neither of them but that he would banish Ealy. He
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Tobin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Parkmore, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr John Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    New Road, Co. Tipperary