School: Lismacaffry
- Location:
- Lismacaffry, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Gamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 297
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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.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. - The landlord for this district was Mr. Sprowels. He lived in Kildevin house. The family was in the townland for about fifty years. They were looked upon as bad landlords. A lot of evictions have been carried out in the district. Mr. Sprowels put a lot of people out of their houses and brought in people from the north of Ireland and put them in their places. The evicted people had to emigrate to America. The tenants were often punished very severley for trivial acts. Tithes were collected in this part of the parish. The tithes were collected by the parson. They were collected in kind. For every twenty stacks of oats they had to give three to the parson. The people often refused to pay to the collection. There are stories told that(continues on next page)
