Lord Leitrim and 'Rundale', 1847 Printed letter to tenants from John Law, evidently agent for Lord Leitrim, dated Milford, November 1847, stating that 'the abandonment of the ruinous system of Run-dale being an indispensable preliminary to any improvement in the condition of the tenantry .. the Earl of Leitrim is willing to accept a surrender of the Leases in such Townlands as are still in Run-dale - so that each Tenant may hold his land in one compact and separate farm' on stated terms, etc. Issued to a Magharabeg tenant. Single sheet with integral blank, worn but complete, rare. 'Rundale' was a landholding system common before the Famine, especially in Western counties, whereby land was held in common and allocated to tenants in strips, so that each tenant had a mixture of good and bad land. It led to fragmentation of holdings. Lord Leitrim and 'Rundale', 1847 Printed letter to tenants from John Law, evidently agent for Lord Leitrim, dated Milford, November 1847, stating that 'the abandonment of the ruinous system of Run-dale being an indispensable preliminary to any improvement in the condition of the tenantry .. the Earl of Leitrim is willing to accept a surrender of the Leases in such Townlands as are still in Run-dale - so that each Tenant may hold his land in one compact and separate farm' on stated terms, etc. Issued to a Magharabeg tenant. Single sheet with integral blank, worn but complete, rare. 'Rundale' was a landholding system common before the Famine, especially in Western counties, whereby land was held in common and allocated to tenants in strips, so that each tenant had a mixture of good and bad land. It led to fragmentation of holdings.
Lord Leitrim and 'Rundale', 1847 Printed letter to tenants from John Law, evidently agent for Lord Leitrim, dated Milford, November 1847, stating that 'the abandonment of the ruinous system of Run-dale being an indispensable preliminary to any improvement in the condition of the tenantry .. the Earl of Leitrim is willing to accept a surrender of the Leases in such Townlands as are still in Run-dale - so that each Tenant may hold his land in one compact and separate farm' on stated terms, etc. Issued to a Magharabeg tenant. Single sheet with integral blank, worn but complete, rare. 'Rundale' was a landholding system common before the Famine, especially in Western counties, whereby land was held in common and allocated to tenants in strips, so that each tenant had a mixture of good and bad land. It led to fragmentation of holdings. Lord Leitrim and 'Rundale', 1847 Printed letter to tenants from John Law, evidently agent for Lord Leitrim, dated Milford, November 1847, stating that 'the abandonment of the ruinous system of Run-dale being an indispensable preliminary to any improvement in the condition of the tenantry .. the Earl of Leitrim is willing to accept a surrender of the Leases in such Townlands as are still in Run-dale - so that each Tenant may hold his land in one compact and separate farm' on stated terms, etc. Issued to a Magharabeg tenant. Single sheet with integral blank, worn but complete, rare. 'Rundale' was a landholding system common before the Famine, especially in Western counties, whereby land was held in common and allocated to tenants in strips, so that each tenant had a mixture of good and bad land. It led to fragmentation of holdings.
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