School: Star of the Sea, Glengivney (roll number 12334)
- Location:
- Glennagiveny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Brian Mac Giolla Easbuic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 318
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- (continued from previous page)Irish Land Commissioners who live in Dublin. If we do not pay our rent nowadays the "Sheriff" would come and take the cattle off the land and sell them and with this money the rent is paid.
Montgommery collected the rent for Glenagivney. Harvey was the Mossyglen Landlord for a while but he was changed to Carrowmeana. After he left Nickelson came and took his place then it was he that collected that rent. Nickelson was not liked by the people because he was very hard on them. The other two Landlords were very much liked by the people. Harvey was never like by the people he never had any evictions in Mossylen during his time there but it was him that made the Carrowmeana Evictions. After the evictions the other inhabitants turned spiteful against him for being so cruel.
The Rev. Bishop Montgomary was the Landlord of the town-land of Glenagivney. The tenants considered him(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Charles Gillen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Meenletterbale, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Patrick Gillen
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Meenletterbale, Co. Donegal
