School: St. Cronan's Longford Wood, An Teampoll Mór (roll number 6662)
- Location:
- Longfordwood, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0547, Page 426
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- Local LandlordsThe following people, at one time owned large tracts of land in this district, and who had tenants under them. Lloyd, La Fouche, Sheppard, Medlin, Gillespie, and Townshend.
Mr Horace Lloyd, was landlord of Longford Frisco, Gurteen, and Knocknavogga. La Fouche was landlord of Clonakenny and Derrylahan.
Sheppard was landlord of Bonagurthbane and Shanacloon
Medlin was landlord of Summerhill and Borrisnoe
Gillespie was landlord of Oldcastle and Bournea; he was a Protestant clergyman
Townshend was landlord of Montore
The Lloyds had most land and tenants it is said that the first of them came with Cromwell. Many years ago these people were looked on as bad landlords and they had many people evicted to make a large cattle ranch. It is said that at one period of the land war one of these Lloyd's was fired at and wounded and that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mai Mullally
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Ben Reeves
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonakenny, Co. Tipperary
