School: Tinateriffe, Cappamore (roll number 7569)
- Location:
- Toinn an Tairbh, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Eibhlin, Bean Uí Riain
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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. - Evictions took place at Towerhill, Pallasbeg & Eyon about 50 years ago. The families evicted in Towerhill were Martin Ryan and Jim O'Malley. In Pallasbeg Philip Madden and in Eyon - Humphreys. Only in the latter case was the farm grabbed by a man named Whelan, who held possession and was boycotted until the Land Commission gave him a farm in Meath or somewhere in the Midlands about thirty years ago. Martin Ryan went to live in a little house in the village of Cappamore and remained there for six years. His house, after the eviction on Little Xmas Day, when left untenanted, got into bad repair and his friends especially a priest overseas helped him build a new(continues on next page)
