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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0966, Page 327

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    A man called Thomas MacGovern (deceased) who lived in Tonlagee, Bawnboy, Co. Cavan, and a few other men were once working with a landlord.
    They got no food, and they were hungry.
    One man went to a shop for a loaf of bread for them to eat. When he came back he and the other men went into the house to eat it. While they were eating it, the landlord came in with a gun, and ordered them out, and if they refused, he would shoot them.
    Stories like this are common of landlords not giving food to their employees.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Muineal, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr M. Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Muineal, Co. Cavan