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School: Béal an Átha Móir (C.) (roll number 13614)

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Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
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An tSr. Áthracht
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0225, Page 036

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    and the shoreing and sub-soiling that made him bankrupt. Then he had to sell his property to a man named Joseph Hal[?] - a gun-powder and wh[?] lead merchant - from Dublin. This man was a very hard landlord he was so bad t[?] when that when the sec[?] land act was put into operation and he [was?] approached by the Parish Priest to sell his property to the tenants, all the settlement he would give was, a reduction of a half crown in the pound when the neighbouring landlords on much low[er?] rented Land was giving
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Chris O Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Killadough, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Peter O Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Killadough, Co. Leitrim