School: Garrowhill, Longford (roll number 10344)

Location:
Garrowhill, Co. Longford
Teacher:
P. Mac Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0756, Page 480

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  1. The land lord in my district was Colonel Dugles. The family was settled in the district from the year of Cromel. He was looked upon as a very bad landlord. The effected people had to go away to other countries The ancestors that was alive in the years of Cromel did come in possession of the land. The land was subdivided into farms at marrages. The land lord did exercise all the power he could over his tenents Some of the people were punished because they were Catherlics. Tithe money was collected in the district. It was informed by the English government and for the English.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Michael Lynan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Ballykenny, Co. Longford