School: Tullaghanstown (roll number 9605)
- Location:
- Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Mhic Cába
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0698, Page 228
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- (continued from previous page)he was supposed to be a good landlord.
He never evicted anyone like other landlords.
Landlords had power over their tenants - no one could cut trees or rise sand or quarry stones on their farm without leave from the landlord. They had the game of the land also.
Everyone under him had to pay rent and if they liked they could bring the ¼ of it in turf to him.
The people resented for having to pay the rent. In Derrylangon a man named Owen Smith was evicted for fighting not to pay the rent to the landlord.
Sometimes the people of the district would go by night and tell him they would kill him if he made them pay much(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Edward Tuite
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Edward Tuite
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath
