School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill Dá Lua

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Cill Dalua, Co. an Chláir
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An tSr. Aileabhaird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 374

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  1. William Spaight was the landlord who owned the Derry Castle estate Killaloe. He was a bad landlord but his family is now extinct. His ancestors got the land in the time of Cromwell. It is now divided up. This landlord also owned two sailing vessels - "Jessie" and "Jane Black". These boats used to sail from Limerick carrying the evicted people to America. Often they carried very little food and had bad water on board and the unfortunate emigrants under closed hatches died in great numbers from
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    Topics
    1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. riaradh talún (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Kiely
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cill Dalua, Co. an Chláir