bribes to landlords' agents in pre-Famine and Famine time
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 5:41 pm
In evidence given to an 1844 parliamentary commission of enquiry, Mr Daniel Cullen a prosperous merchant from
Thomondgate in Limerick refers to the practice of bribing landlords' agents in order to secure holdings.
He had taken farms in the Meelick and Parteen area.
An editorial in the Limerick and Clare Examiner of 1849 refers to the same practice.
Would anyone know of other documented references to the practice?
Thomondgate in Limerick refers to the practice of bribing landlords' agents in order to secure holdings.
He had taken farms in the Meelick and Parteen area.
An editorial in the Limerick and Clare Examiner of 1849 refers to the same practice.
Would anyone know of other documented references to the practice?