School: The Rower (B.), Inistioge (roll number 15160)

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The Rower, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Cuirrín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0847, Page 144

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    from his tenants in Rosbercon, and one of them struck him with a spade and killed him. That was the end of Lundyfoot, and the people of The Rower were not sorry for him.
    Mountgarret
    Mountgarret was another landlord preceding Lundyfoot. There is a townland (Clogarret) called after him. He was a kind hearted man, although he laid big rents on his tenants. He lived in a castle called Clogarret castle for a long time. When he died the people were sorry after him, because if they did not pay the rent he would not punish them severely.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65