School: Crowenstown
- Location:
- Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: M. Ní Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 278
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- (continued from previous page)the land. The land was not divided into farms under their guidance.The landlord did not exercise any special power over his tenants, and they were not punished for trifling acts.Tithes were collected in former times. They were collected by the Agent for the landlord. They were collected in money and in kind. There are not stories about them. The people did not resent their collection, and battles were not fought on account of them.
- Colonel Tighe was the landlord of Lisclogher, and Addenstown. The family had been settled in the district for thirty or forty years.They were looked upon as good landlords. No evictions or plantations have been carried out in this place, but(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Cunneen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisclogher Great, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- James Cunneen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisclogher Great, Co. Westmeath
