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1. The Local Landlord

   

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   About 80 years ago the landlord of our district of Rheban was Mr Monsell. He ruled the district over twenty years. He was not a bad landlord and did not evict any people. The land was taken from other people and given to his father. He got the land from his father. The land was not divided among the people. He had almost all of it in grazing. There were tithes collected in the district. They were collected in money.

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   Topics

   1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. riaradh talún (~4,110)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brigid Walsh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Caisleán Réabáin Thuaidh, Co. Chill Dara

   Informant

   Miss M. Cullen

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   72

   Address

   Caisleán Réabáin Thuaidh, Co. Chill Dara

2. The Local Landlord

   

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   James Phelan was a landlord of the district of Castlemitchell. He was settled in the district for sixteen years. He was liked by no one around the district. there was a farm taken from a farmer named

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