School: Cora Finne (C.) (roll number 12908)

On this page

1. Landlords (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   (continued from previous page)

   called the "Soupers School". The people often tried to kill him but it was all in vain. There was an attempt made to kill him in Ballycullinan road. He had a bribe in his pocket and the bullet stuck in it when the shot was fired at his heart. The book was in the inside pocket of his coat and that protected his heart. Synge had a crowd of soldiers kept in the house in which the O'Brien's now live.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

2. Landlords

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   In the years of the famine the people were very poor and the people were not able to pay the rent to the land-lords who took over the land and evicted the tenants. Lord Inchiquin owned the land round here. He was a very good respectable man and he always gave the tenants plenty of time to pay the rent. He even gave cows and sheep to the poor people. In later years the Land Commissiniors

   (continues on next page)

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Teasie Kenny

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Baunkyle, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Eliza Kenny

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Baunkyle, Co. Clare