Thanks Len - Even knowing the history of those hard times, this piece paints a
pretty grim picture of the environments our people endured as they struggled to
survive. I imagine depression was common in the population - reminds me to be
more grateful for my lucky circumstances.
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Hello Listers;
There has been recent interest expressed in the lives of our Tyrone forbears
(thanks to Elwyn) and here is an extract from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs of
the 1820s-30s that offers some observations on living conditions in Clogher
parish. Having read through many of the memoirs
Bobbie,
Griffiths Valuation can be searched at Ask About Ireland
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/
I think it necessary you do some reading explaining this tax and the valuation
which was undertaken 1858-62
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffith%27s_Valuation
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