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School: Cúlfada (roll number 13763)

Location:
Culfadda, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Liam Barún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 114

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    Landlords were found in Ireland long ago. Nobody cared for them because they were the back bone of orangism. They were not scrupulous in quenching a kitchen fire and turning the owners out. Turning the land for the English people and rearing the cattle for the English also. Some of them were kind enough to rise the rent to have evictions. But thanks be to God they are gone now. They went like a fog on a mountain on a fine bright clear Summer's day. In my district the landlord was not as bad as he was painted. The evictions would be far more numerous were it not for their kindness and generosity. Several
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lily Flatley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Battlefield, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Pat Hannon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Battlefield, Co. Sligo