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School: Drom Dhá Liag (B.) (roll number 12229)

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Drimoleague, Co. Cork
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Donncha Ó Ciardha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0300, Page 398

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    July 5 th 1938.
    "Landlords"
    In the history of our country we see many causes of strife and discontentment for the Irish farmers. Landlordism was the chief of these. At many times during English invasions the land was taken from the native Irish and given to settlers from England and Scotland. This work was called "planting". The principle (?) "plantation" was the Cromwellian Settlement which took place in 1653. The reason why the Crom-wellian Settlement is so im-portant is, because the landlords of the present day are the direct descendants of the settlers of that period.
    There was a landlord in this parish in the Penal
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Diarmuid Donovan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drimoleague, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Denis Coffee
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drimoleague, Co. Cork