School: Cnoc an Éin, Cuinche

Location:
Knockanean, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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  1. 69
    2 "Landlords"
    The landlords of this district were Lord Inchiquin, Gillmor,O'Grady and James Moran.They were there for about a hundred years.Some of them were good to their tenants.The Heffernans and the Fahys were evicted.They were thrown out along with all their furniture on the side of the road.After a time the neighbours built huts for them and they lived in them.When England and Ireland were fighting ,the English sent over landlords to take high rents from the Irish and if they did that they would get the best of the land ,that is how the landlords got
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockhogan, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Michael O' Connell
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockhogan, Co. Clare