School: Caisleán Uí Liatháin (B.) (roll number 1867)
- Location:
- Castlelyons, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Ceallacháin
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- Dwyer of Kilcor, Castlelyons was a harsh landlord. He evicted several of his tenants. My great grandfather was one of them. All his cattle were put out on the road. It was not for non-payment of rent but because Dwyer wanted to give the land to others that were more in his favour.
- Collector
- Patrick Leahy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlelyons, Co. Cork
- Informant
- John Leahy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Castlelyons, Co. Cork
- A landlord named Dr. Creed lived at Ballymurphy, Castlelyons, Co. Cork. He and his wife lived in a house called 'The Cottage'. The ruins of the cottage is still to be seen. One day Dr. Creed hanged himself in an outhouse beside his dwelling house. Some months before this he had evicted a tenant named Mrs. Fenhy[?] who had a brother a priest. When Creed had put her out of the house she wanted to go back for something(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Meade
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Grange, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Andrew Meade
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Grange, Co. Cork