School: Drumcrow

Location:
Drumcrow, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
B. Boylan

Filter stories

Back
/ 202 Forward
Resolution: Low | High
The Local Landlord

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0982, Page 189

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD. See copyright details »

On this page

Long ago the Landlord that was in this district was Mr Burrows. His family was about seventy years in the country, and there are still some of them alive yet. The Landlord first came in with the land by heirship. He divide all the land into small farms. Long ago when anyone was getting married the land would be divided into two parts. The people used to pay the rent to the Landlord. He was a very good man. He did not put any of his tenants out of their homes. The Landlord wife was very good to the poor. She used to give suits of clothes to the men at Christmas and also a Christmas box to the neighbouring woman.
This man was great for boat racing and the last race ever he was at he bet all his property on it and if he had

(continues on next page)
Informant
Rose Christy
Gender
female
Address
Newtown, Co. Cavan
Language
English