School: Corlis
- Location:
- Corlis, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0983, Page 191
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- The landlord of this district was Mr Tatlow. He owned a large amount of land and if the tenants would not vote for him he would evict them.
There was a man named Hughes who was a candidate for Parliament; but it is not known was he in favour of Mr Tatlow or against him. There was an election about seventy years ago known as "Hughes Election" and most of the tenants voted against Mr Tatlow. That night he burned the houses of all the the tenants who did not vote for him and hunted them out along the roadside to die of starvation. A house belonging to a family of Molloys was burned and the land was given to a protestant named Lord after this election. Most of these Molloys emigrated to America.
- Collector
- Eugene O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Legaland, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Thomas O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Legaland, Co. Cavan
