School: Brúgh Ríogh (C.) (roll number 10229)

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1. The Landlord (continued)

   

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   the Right Boys, the White Boys, the White Feet, etc. They gathered under the Apocyphal leadership of a captain Rock. They were afterwards a band under Captain Moonlight and that was their attempt at ritual. Their weapons were crude shortened pitchforks and cruel scythe blades or a slasher and one man in ten might have a gun.
   Knockmore and Clonbrien had a bad landlord named Langford. Patrick Russell of Mountrussell was a good man but the agent Tom Clancy Rathluire was a bad man. He forced an auction on tenants at Lotteragh Howards, Whites and Callaghans. When Russell was informed of the auctions and evictions he died with a week. Langford and his agent Bloodsmith of Limerick city were very bad and they used all their power on the unfortunate tenants.
   The following is a story of the local landlord
   Some fifty years ago there lived in Bruree a very rich man. He owned a very large tract of land. One day whilst out riding a horse he came upon the bailiff evicting a farmer adjoining his land. Taking compassion on him he immediately went to the nearest town and there bought out the rights of the landlord of this and a number of other farms near his own. The following day he reinstated this man and giving him a good workhorse he had a chance to start life

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Jones

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bruree, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   Mr P. Coll

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Knockfenora, Co. Limerick