Hello Listers, Contrary to popular belief, not all landlords were rack renting tyrants and this extract may be interesting to some:
December 22, 1835 Londonderry Journal Extract of a Letter from Gortin, in the Parish of Badoney, County of Tyrone. December 14. – On the Friday, the 11th inst., arrived in Aughalone [Aghalane], near Plum bridge, the residence of his ancestors, HUGH CAMPBELL, ESQ., after an absence of seventeen years in the United States of America; and although at a late hour, the banks and braes of Glenelly, below and above the Plum bridge for miles, were in immediate illumination by bonfires, with the firing of guns, huzzars, &c., each side, without party distinctions, vieing with his tenantry in their zeal in the joyous demonstrations of a warm-hearted cead miellia faultagh. Such have been highly gratifying to this deserving young gentleman, (an encouraging and liberal landlord), and most pleasing to the feelings of an aged widow, mother and relatives. Regards, Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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