School: Kinnitty
- Location:
- Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 301
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - ForelackaMy home district is in Forelacka. It is in the parish of Kinnitty, Co. Offaly, and the barony of Ballybritt. There are eight houses and twenty two people in the district.In olden times there were over two hundred people in the district. The landlord of the district was Colonel Bernard. One time when the people were not paying their rent he evicted forty families in one day and levelled their houses to the ground. He went into one house and there was a pan of meat frying on the fire and threw the pan of meat out in the yard. He put the people out of the house. The chief crops grown are potatoes, turnips, mangolds and oats.Writer's name and address:- Frank English, Forelacka, Kinnitty, Co. Offaly.
