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School: Lisdoonan

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Lisdoonan, Co. Monaghan
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S. Mac an Éanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0930, Page 259

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    Our local landlord was Shirley of Loughfea. They were looked upon as very bad landlords and some of them were worse than the rest. (?) His subs or bailiffs, that is the people he had doing the work for him were a very bad lot. Lots of evictions were carried out in the district and most of the people evicted went to the poor house while the rest of them went to their friends if they had any.
    When the English Government planted this district it gave big estates to the head planters and built grand houses for the favourites especially those who fought in the army. In 1598 the earl of Essex was given the district around Carrickmacross by Queen Elizabeth and he had his castle in Carrickmacross where the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mairead Mac Nally
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cormoy, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Owen Mc Nally
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cormoy, Co. Monaghan