School: Nuadhchongbháil (Nohoval) (roll number 10326)

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1. Land League Days (continued)

   

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   V is the villain who grabs up the farm
   W is we who must work in the rain
   X is the express all eyes and no brain
   Y is Young Ireland for spreading the light
   Z is the zeal that won the great fight

   

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2. Landlords

   

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   Lord Ventry was landlord of a part of Kerry. He owned from Kerry head to Cordal beyond Castleisland and a lot of land is Bally McElligott also. He was a good landlord and built houses for his tenants. He built about eight houses in Cordal and sir in Tylough. Lord Ventry's name was Colonel De Moylens, but he derived the name Lord Ventry from Ventry locality where his home was. He was a member of the House of Lords in England. He was a kind and good lord to his tenants. An old man in the town of Castleisland named Con Murphy says that a local man evicted all his tenants and when they were driven out they built small huts for themselves to live in. In the time of Cromwell about 2 &3 years ago Cromwell brought landlords from England and most of them were called planters. Then he hunted

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Jeremiah O' Connor

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   57

   Occupation

   Labourer

   Address

   Knockeen, Co. Kerry