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School: Nurney (roll number 16345)

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Nurney, Co. Kildare
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S. Ó Buadhcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0780, Page 137

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    “Cattle were not kept very much as there was no export trade except for salted beef produced mainly from discarded cows...”

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Bohan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Stephen O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Nurney, Co. Kildare

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    The landlords were Lord Drogheda, Duke of Leinster and Laurencan. Lord Drogheda and Laurencan were very severe. Laurencan made tenants pay a rent of £2:10s per acre. When the migratory labourers Connaught began to settle here the landlords gave
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