School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)
- Location:
- Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090F, Page 16_011
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- On the side of the Partry mountains there lived a landlord named Crotty. He owned only two villages. Crotty was very cruel to the tennants he made them work for five pennies a day and he gave very poor support. Crotty evicted the poor tennants of the farm but in years later they came again and built houses in their own villages.
When-ever he went on a journey he had to be protected by the R.I.C. as the people watched him night and day to kill him. One night he was on his way(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Gavin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Tom Coonan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moat, Co. Mayo
