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   my house is it was the O'Brien's who were living there a long time ago. From mostly all of the old ruins that we see to-day the inhabitants were evicted. There was a house very near us and we can still see the place where it was situated. There was a crowd of people going around with the sherriff evicting the people. These were called the Crowbar Brigade. When the people were evicted some of them joined the Brigade and others emigrated to America. They had to go because they were very poor and they could not make a living at home. They had to go rather than die with hunger. A lot of them had to go begging because they had no money to pay their way to America.
   There are a lot of old people in my townland but only a few of them can speak Irish. The following is a list of these who can speak Irish. Tom McMahon and Mrs. McMahon, Pat Lynch and Mrs. Lynch. It is very nice to hear an old person telling stories of long ago.
   The land is fairly good in my townland. There was a forest going through the valleys of Kilcolumb long ago. We see at present the sticks peeping over the ground.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Conlan

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Denis Conlan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilcolumb, Co. Clare