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School: Breac-Cluain (roll number 4796)

Location:
Brackloon, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Meachair
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    18. Landlord, Lord Sligo. These lords weren't the worst. Some of the agents were "bad" men. notably George Glendenning, to whose memory a monument stands in the centre of Wesport's finest square - spoiling it.
    18. Clearances. 1/ Knappa: Time of James II I'm informed (no. unknown)
    2/ Bofara: after the famine 7 or 8 family ? for America.
    3/ Brackloon: 11 families left for America. [No retaliation or punishment as far as I can discover.]
    19. Crom Dubh at Liscarney gave bull to s4-PK. to help build tower at Aughagower. Crom - sorry - demanded animal back. Bull had been eaten by then. PK gathered bones and skin and brought the bull to life. Crom reluctantly gave in tho' he wanted to kill the saint.
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