School: Courtbane (roll number 14540)
- Location:
- Courtbane, Co. Louth
- Teacher: P. Mac Eochagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0664, Page 138
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- Mullever bought a large part of the Upper Fews out of Chancery for a trifle. The tenants were poor and the rents had to be very small and often not paid. Hence the small price for such a large tract of land.
Mullever determined to make his new property pay. He settled that the Catholics must be evicted and non-Catholics were invited to take over their holdings. The Catholic tenants were very humble and gave him marked respect. He was very proud and seldom looked at them.
The first imporvement he decided to make was to evict the Murphys of Clonalig (still in possession) and convert the holkding and adjoining holdings into a preseve for game, and have the house as a "shooting lodge". He thought the Garraidhe Buidhe (between the house and the road - an orchard) a nice place for a summer house. The game was to be deer.
The tenants of Drum muck gathered(continues on next page)
