School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

Location:
Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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    Evictions 24 :2: 38
    Long ago the land of Ireland was owned by landlords belonged to the English government.Each of those had a number of tenants paying them a big yearly rent for the farm they had.
    Bad seasons set in and the crops failed and the people were unable to pay the rent.The landlords evicted the tenants and locked the doors.The people had to live outside in the cabins with the couple of cows they possessed.In most cases collections were made for the evicted tenants to buy back their homes.This kind of a struggle was going on for for years and at last the tenants rose a rebellion and the land Commission paid
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hanora Corry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Martin Corry
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    48
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare