Glenveigh Castle,, Co Donegal (Derryveagh Evictions)

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Derryveagh Evictions, Co. Donegal: On St. Patrick's Day 1861 the evictions occurred on the Glenveagh Estate when landlord Black Jack Adair began his evil deeds. Some 48 Houses with 47 families were evicted. 158 children including babies were put on the roadside with nothing but the sky as shelter. Over 250 people from all neighbouring townlands were left destitute.

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@veronicaroach3667 4 ай бұрын

Same old story of greed & lack of human compassion to those with so little to their name. In the end the old bastard died just as everyone does, and in the end the estate, while beautiful, is lost from those who worked the land & treasured it as home. We all hope for justice for those who suffer, and I too wish that, altho I am not really a religious person because justice seems so lacking here on earth, and no proof of anything else, much as we yearn for that ! Thanks for your video, it's so necessary to learn the truths of what happened, and try to make things better for future where possible !

@user-zy3zd3sx2d 9 ай бұрын

When the narrator mentions McIIlhenry, was she referring to the McIlhenry who created the Tabasco sauce empire?

@TheHistoryPark 6 жыл бұрын

Are the ruins of these cottages where the tenants were evicted easily accessible and where?

@bernadettemarks781 6 жыл бұрын

Yes most of them are near the roadside

@TheHistoryPark 6 жыл бұрын

Bernadette Marks is this accessible by car? Coming in from Letterkenny and would like to visit some of the sites. Some of them are on the opposite side of Lake to gartan outdoor centre too are they?

@micealmacdonnchadha 6 жыл бұрын

From Letterkenny take the road to Fintown, past the Village take the road to the right I think it is signposted Airport, about ten or twelve miles from there you will come to a small Village across the bridge turn right again about a mile on that road at both sides you will find the House, most are accessible from the road, some are on the roadside, Its not near Gartan its in the Genveigh National Park, area,

@user-zy3zd3sx2d 9 ай бұрын

@@micealmacdonnchadha I'm from the US and hope to see this and County Donegal at some point.

@lizjohnstone5442 Ай бұрын

Does anyone know if it was John Adair that decorated the castle in all the creepy deer heads and antler furniture ? Looks abit obsessive. Or was it the following owner..

@wildirishtours7328 Ай бұрын

Yes