School: Ferns (C.) (roll number 13267)
- Location:
- Ferns, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Stás, Bean Uí Mhuimhneacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0896, Page 054
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- In the troubled years when evictions were the order of the day, all over Ireland, men's tempers were tried to the last, and sometimes gave way under the heavy strain imposed upon them.It was during such a trial that Timothy Murphy became desperate when the landlord, Butler O'Brien, refused to accept from him the yearly rent or renew his lease which had just expired.
He was the owner of a comfortable compact small holding of some few acres, and the landlord wanted it to square out his estate, Murphy pressed him hard in his office to take the rent from him but he(continues on next page)
