School: Kilmessan (B.) (roll number 4210)
- Location:
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian S. Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0691, Page 189
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- (continued from previous page)laymen. I do not know the evicted people' names. This landlord went mad and ate pieces of himself.
- Long ago Captain Taylor from Balbrigan, Co Dublin was the landlord of our land. He was landlord of John Horan's land, James Reilly's land, and Thomas Farrell's land. He was a good landlord. He never evicted anyone. He was a landlord over these lands for eighty years. The people always paid the landlord for their land and that preserved them from eviction and other trouble. Tithes were never collected. The landlord was paid with money the same as nowadays.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Robert Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bective, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Thomas Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bective, Co. Meath
