School: Slane (B.) (roll number 4851)

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   He was an officer in the Cromwellian army. It was the one estate under the one landlord. Any of the tenants who could not pay the rent and who offered to pay it afterwards were not evicted. there were no tithes collected in this district in olden times. There was another landlord in this district in former times. His name was Bolton. He lived at Castle Park. He was a very wicked and bad landlord. He carried out some evictions in this district. There is a place called Boltons Cross and he is supposed to be seen walking around there. Michael Maloney Slane

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2. The Landlord

   

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   The Marquis of Conyngham was the landlord of Slane. he held the estate since the time of Cromwell. they were always looked upon as good landlords but in many cases it was their agents or rent collectors that did any dirty work that was done.
   About sixty years ago planting was carried on extensively as the landlord followers got chances of house property and land. These people soon became sub landlords and proved themselves worse than the original ones. As the country being all mud walled and thatched houses and it was known in this district

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