School: Móin Árd (C.) (roll number 2012)
- Location:
- Monard, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Léan, Bean Uí Riain
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- The History of Ballycohey.Ballycohey is a townland in Tipperary about two miles west of Lk. Junction Rly. station and less than three miles distant from Tipperary Town.
In the summer of 1868 it was held by a considerable number of tenants whose forefathers had occupied the place for a hundred years. They were industrious and kindly people. They paid the rent punctually and seem to have got on smoothly with their successive landlords until, William Scully, a few years before this became the purhcaser of Ballycohey.
Previous to this was the property of Lord Derby. When the tenents heard that Scully was their new landlord , they were filled with dismay as they knew the kind of man he was. I had previously(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr William Hennessy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 32
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Ballykisteen, Co. Tipperary
