School: Ballinagh (C.)
- Location:
- Bellananagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Ní Chonchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0990, Page 197
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- Landlords in former times were very severe on their Catholic tenants, they turned them to the road-side and put Protestant holders in their places.
In this locality there was a land-lord named Mr Smyth who lived in Drumheel House who was known to be the hardest land-lords, he spared no Catholic and never stopped until he had all Kilmore planted with Protestants which they hold to the present day.
Another land-lord was Mr Fay Moynehall a Catholic, he was known to have turned a widow and her children to the road in Mullahorn.
When he was evicting her he told her to go to the poor-house and she replied that he himself would die in it(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Daly
- Gender
- Female
