School: Rathwire (B.) (roll number 8415)
- Location:
- Rathwire, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ó Gallóglaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 396
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“The Landlord of the district is Lord Longford whose family residence is Packenham Hall...”
(continued from previous page)for the Catholic farmers. He also succeeded in getting some of the house property bought out for the catholic tenants. The Longfords were always English soldiers. It is told that an ancestor of the present Moore family of Killucan was an officer's servant and during one of the English wars on the continent either in Spain or Russia he saved the life of one of the Longfords. He was given as a reward a vast track of land and a house in the village of Killucan.Other landlords were The Norman Darcys'. The Nugents owned Cushinstown Cooke of Cooksboro owned Porterstown. The Fitzgeralds who had a castle in Kinnegad owned Derrymore, The McGills of Griffinstown and Renolds of Renella. They all had possessions around the district.Many stories are told of the cruel way the agents and rent-warners of the local landlords treated the poor small catholic farmers. They had whenever required to give their services free. If they improved their land by drainage the rent was raised or the land was taken from them and given to some friend of the agent. Cooke of Cookesboro evicted a family named Carroll on a cold snowy day. He leveled the house and gave their farm to a family called(continues on next page)