School: Carrowan (roll number 9577)
- Location:
- Carrowen, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Donnchadh Mac Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 81
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- (continued from previous page)most of the people have houses to go to and are left before the guards arrive.
In olden times the landlords were known very well. If you did not pay your rent you were put out and let you go.
There was an old landlord in this distict whose name was Lord Templemor. He lived in Moress Bay. He was a very good old man. He bought his tenants clothes in the winter and he was very angry when they did not pay the rent.
There was another old landlord in this district whose name was Lord Leitrim. He lived in Milford. He was very bad to his tenants. A man shot him for being bad to him. In olden(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Callaghan
- Gender
- Female
