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... acres . There is no wood here , but the stone - walls are even more than usually substantial and good . The greater ... Irish acre , the owner paying all rates of every kind . These farms all lie upon limestone , with access to " turf ...
... acres . There is no wood here , but the stone - walls are even more than usually substantial and good . The greater ... Irish acre , the owner paying all rates of every kind . These farms all lie upon limestone , with access to " turf ...
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... Irish acre , besides grand - jury cess , & c . , was no uncommon rent for a large farm . The custom of the tenants was to sublet certain portions to the farmers of the upper country for meadow , at rents varying from £ 6 to £ 8 an acre ...
... Irish acre , besides grand - jury cess , & c . , was no uncommon rent for a large farm . The custom of the tenants was to sublet certain portions to the farmers of the upper country for meadow , at rents varying from £ 6 to £ 8 an acre ...
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... Ireland . It is extensive - between 300 and 400 Irish acres - and is at present to be let at a moderate rent ; it is said , for something under 20s . an English acre . It is the property of the Marquis of Conyngham . From the river ...
... Ireland . It is extensive - between 300 and 400 Irish acres - and is at present to be let at a moderate rent ; it is said , for something under 20s . an English acre . It is the property of the Marquis of Conyngham . From the river ...
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... Irish acre . Another of 300 acres , principally fine old grass , let to a dairy farmer at nine hundred guineas , has lately been reduced to six hundred . Leaving Dromoland on 23d October , I proceeded eastward to Kiltanon , near Tulla ...
... Irish acre . Another of 300 acres , principally fine old grass , let to a dairy farmer at nine hundred guineas , has lately been reduced to six hundred . Leaving Dromoland on 23d October , I proceeded eastward to Kiltanon , near Tulla ...
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... Ireland . On 25th October I proceeded on my tour through the county . To Adare the ... Irish 610 English acres , ncar Croom . Here he grows all the usually ... acre , besides poor - rate and grand - jury cess ; and having been 72 RICH ...
... Ireland . On 25th October I proceeded on my tour through the county . To Adare the ... Irish 610 English acres , ncar Croom . Here he grows all the usually ... acre , besides poor - rate and grand - jury cess ; and having been 72 RICH ...
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