. History of the Queen's County . CRKAU)R(iAN HOUSE (A\oore). V.,1. 1., |.|. _.|o-7. \-,, P 73 1. riudns hv\ \\<cv. /•- ^/ THE I (jTll CENTURY—CONTINUED— 1 840-1 S/O. 7 I 3 the unenviable reputation of ha\ing been the most heartless evictor mIreland. The evictions were at Glenveigh, Co. Donegal, and theevictor was John George Adair. According to the official report, asquoted in Parliament m 18O1, twenty-eight houses were unroofed, orlevelled; forty-six houses evicted, including 47 families, comprising^y husbands, 35 wives, 15Q children, and 13 other inmates, making atotal of ::44 iier
. History of the Queen's County . CRKAU)R(iAN HOUSE (A\oore). V.,1. 1., |.|. _.|o-7. \-,, P 73 1. riudns hv\ \\<cv. /•- ^/ THE I (jTll CENTURY—CONTINUED— 1 840-1 S/O. 7 I 3 the unenviable reputation of ha\ing been the most heartless evictor mIreland. The evictions were at Glenveigh, Co. Donegal, and theevictor was John George Adair. According to the official report, asquoted in Parliament m 18O1, twenty-eight houses were unroofed, orlevelled; forty-six houses evicted, including 47 families, comprising^y husbands, 35 wives, 15Q children, and 13 other inmates, making atotal of ::44 This was the theory of free eoutraet inpractice. The cause of this inhuman act was that Mr. Adairs managerhad been assassinated; and as the murderer could not be disco\eredthe tenants in their corjiorate capacitx- were made U) pay the ^Crimes of this kind go far to explain, if they do not justify, secretsocieties such as those of the Ribbonmen and tlie Fenians. And, as iswell known, every county in Ireland s
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