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School: Cluainín (roll number 13231)

Location:
Cloneen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 055

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  1. Local Happenings - The Burning of Ballynattin

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    About a mile from where I live there is a place called Ballynattin. About years ago there was a house and farm there. The farm was owned by two men named O'Shea and O'Gorman. O'Gorman spent all his money on drink and had nothing to pay his rent. He had to be evicted, because one rent would not be taken without the other.
    Then O'Shea had to take O'Gorman's portion of the land or he would be evicted himself. It was in the month of November and O'Shea had a lot of men from Kerry hired digging potatoes. This day after coming out from their dinner, there were notices on all their spades, not to be in the house that night. They took no notice of it and stayed there that night. O'Shea had all his men armed, for he
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. fires (~306)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy O' Donnell
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John O' Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    85
    Address
    Rossane, Co. Tipperary