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School: Monaghan (Clochar Lughaidh) (roll number 359)

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Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Sr Déaglán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0956, Page 339

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    centre of the demense. It stands now as a ruin. He employed one hundred men & gave them a very small wage. He evicted several tenants because they did not pay their high rents, all of which the farms could scarcely make. In some cases there were farms and no boys in the family except girls. He would evict them & put Protestant farmers in their homes. He would not allow small farmers to cut an ash tree for the use of the fire when they were not able to buy other fuel. He went around his territory every week on a horse to see if the people had built out-offices or white-washed the house in which they were living and if they did any
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Meehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corlust, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Patrick Meehan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corlust, Co. Monaghan