School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)

Location:: Dysart, Co. Louth
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Sir John Robinson was the landlord of our district. The family had been settled in the district since the year 1500. He was a good landlord and he never evicted anyone. The land was divided into farms. They were punished for trivial things, but he only charged them a penny. He used to give the people a glass of whiskey when they would pay the rent, and at Christmas he would give the poor people a cart full of coal.
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Topics
1. place-space-environment
  land management (~4,110)
Language

English
Collector
Detta Campbell
Gender

Female
Address

Rathdrumin, Co. Louth
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Sir John Robinson gave the people dinner when they would go to pay the rent and every year any of he people that

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