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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0300

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  1. The Ballgowan Evicitions (continued)

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    jail.
    3. In 1909 by an act of Parliament all evicted tenants got reductions from eight to ten shillings in the £.
    There were about twenty families evicted in Ballygown. The old people are dead now.
    4. The first day they came to evict the Finns one of the boys of the Finns hid in a press, and the evictions had to come back again. The Finns defeated the Lewis' bailifs and the police.
    5. They had to come the third time, and they filled the village with
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Neil Conroy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygowan, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygowan, Co. Galway