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School: Gortnasilla (roll number 15133)

Location:
Gortnasillagh East, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Loughlin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0205, Page 137

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    Our landlord was Montgomery. He was a very cruel man. He evicted fifteen families and put them out of their homes. His people was about this place for years and years. He built a great castle on the grounds overlooking Lough Belhavel. There was a room in it for every day in the year and it was a four-storey house. He collected rents. If a man had ten cows he would have to give one of them to the landlord for the parson. The last of them were out breaking stones to get money. The land was divided into farms under his guidance.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Harkin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Treannadullagh, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    James Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Treannadullagh, Co. Leitrim