Annual Report 1915
Digby, Reginald
Digby, Edward Henry Trafalgar, 10th Baron Digby
Geashill Cattle Drive
Land reform
Tullamore Pipers' Band
Land Commission
Annual report, accounts and rental for year end June 1915, in which Digby describes in detail the events surrounding the Geashill Cattle Drive on the grasslands of Ballydownan in November 1914. Describes the bands and banners accompanying the drive, the injuring of several policemen, and the arrest of 46 men who subsequently pleaded guilty at the Winter Assizes in Dublin. Also notes that despite the jailing of the ring-leaders, agitation continued and boycotting and intimidation on the estate were rife. Also notes that inspection of the boundaries of the estate has been completed by the Land Commission but that the final inspection has yet to be made.
1915
1 bound volume
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