School: St. Cronan's Longford Wood, An Teampoll Mór (roll number 6662)

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1. Local Landlords (continued)

   

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   though Lloyd did not die from the wound yet the man who fired at him was caught and hanged. It is also told locally that one of this family was a member of the jury which found the Cormac brothers guilty in their trial at Penagh, for the shooting of a landlord or his agent in the Thurles district. In later years the family were not bad and became rather popular in the district where they did good turns now and then.
   La Touche was supposed to have been a very cruel and covetous man. When his tenants saw him coming they used try to hide whatever little stock they had because if he saw them - the stock - he would raise the rent on the unfortunate tenant and if he refused to pay his stock would be at once seized.
   The Sheppards had a good name as landlords because it is said they always showed their tenants kindness and fairplay. In later years most of their estate passed to the Lloyds. The Medlins were also looked on as cruel and heartless landlords and

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mai Mullally

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Ben Reeves

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clonakenny, Co. Tipperary