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July 29, 2005

SOME OF THE LOCAL LAND OWNERS IN KILDARE DURING WWII

A notice in the Leinster Leader in 1944 warning of poison being laid upon the land lists some of the local land owners in the region of Kildare Town at the time.

Leinster Leader 13/5/1944 p. 4

NOTICE
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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
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Take Notice that the following persons owning lands in the Townlands of Grey Abbey, Kildare, Knockshough Glebe, Whitesland West, Loughminane, Crossmorris, Rathwalkin, Knavinstown, South Green, Kilcumney and Rathilla respectively have had their lands laid with poison or shall at their own discretion so lay their lands with poison as from the date of publication of this Notice, and all further trespassers found on the lands will be immediately prosecuted – George Graham, Grey Abbey, Kildare; George Butler, Grey Abbey, Kildare; Joseph McGrath, Kildare; Kennedy O’Brien, Kildare; Christopher Hackett, Kyle, Kildare; Michael Holohan, Kyle, Kildare; Christopher McCormack, Kildare; Joseph O’Beirne, Kyle, Kildare; Michael Hackett, Loughminane, Kildare; Patrick Behan, Knavinstown, Kildare; Michael Clery, Rathwalkin, Kildare; Vernon Gibson, Rathwalkin, Kildare; Ernest Dunne, Southgreen, Kildare; William Hanley, Kilcumney, Kildare; Charles McNabb, Kildare; Michael Cunningham, Kildare.
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(no. is the original from the Leader notice)

Posted by mariocorrigan at July 29, 2005 08:57 PM