School: Rath (roll number 5391)
- Location:
- Rath, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Miss Palmer
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- There were two landlords in this district namely Mr. Wilson and Red Sprowles.
Mr. Wilson was a very good landlord and was well liked by his tenants while Red Sprowles was the very opposite.
Red Sprowles often evicted his tenants and took over the land for his own use and sometimes he evicted them for no reason at all.
One Sunday morning he drove the people out of their houses and dragged out the invalids and sick from their beds and left them lying(continues on next page)
