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Thank you for sharing this unfortunate man with others. My Dad is from roscommon and grew up in the curraghroe section close to strokestown. I am planning to see the famine museum in Strokestown next year. I am very lucky that my family is alive at…
Lord Lucan was the land owner of the property occupied by Michael Clarke, my grf. Per Griffith's Valuation is located at Griffith's Ordn S 80 lot 1c: Land and house in undivided 92 acres leased from Earl of Lucan. Tithe applotment listed my ggf, Jam…
Very interesting Ellen. It reminds me of Lord's Lucan and Cardigan who were related through marriage but hated each other and carried out a lifetime of defaming one another. Both had extensive properties in Ireland and had many a poor tenant evicted…
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"The Killing of Major Mahon" and Patrick Hunt
In November of 1847 Dennis Mahon, mayor of Strokestown, was shot dead in an ambush. He had thrown thousands of poor farmers off the land during the famine and had paid to have some 1000 small farmers shipped to North America so he could establish larger farms. He was killed after it was learned that half of the shipped people died enroute. His property in Co. Roscommon, at the time was filled with thousands of starving tenants. On the day he was killed Mahon had already evicted 3,000 of his 12,0… Continue
Posted on June 2, 2009 at 6:42pm — 3 Comments
Famine casualty
My 2nd great grandfather did not survive the Famine. I found the story of his death in Liam Sword's "In Their Own Words": p164: "Tuesday 30 March (1847). Michael Coggers, Anthony Cannon, John Coggers, John Lavin, and Pat Mulderrig to Lord-Lieutenant complaining that they were not paid 8d a day for the use of their asses on the line of road from Springhill to Balla in the barony of Gallen."
"Bohola, Sunday 16 May (1847). P.J. O'Connor CC to Society of Friends re an order on Westport which was rec… Continue
"Bohola, Sunday 16 May (1847). P.J. O'Connor CC to Society of Friends re an order on Westport which was rec… Continue
Posted on June 2, 2009 at 6:13pm — 2 Comments
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