\ 254 M I N U T E S OF E V I D E N C E T A K E N BEFORE T HE Rev E M'Gater. for about 65 years; that he built an excellent dwelling- house, and suitable farm- offices; that ' ' he improved the whole of these 16 acres with gravel and other manures; that he always paid i June his rent punctually; that deponent's father and grandfather occupied the same lands ; that june IOJO. ^^ ^ elected by Mr. Lefroy, in 1834 ; that some short time before he was ejected, he and the other tenants of Drimure were invited to a dinner by Mr. T. Lefroy, at Ins residence at Carrickolass and that after dinner Mr. Lefroy made them sign a paper, which he believes was drawn up for the purpose of making them surrender their houses and farms, but that Mr Lefroy said it was but a mere matter of form, and sent deponent and the other tenants away under the impression that they would not be turned out of their farms. That Thomas Courtney, Mr. Lefroy's agent, turned deponent out; he told deponent, with a view of making- him give peaceable possession, that he would give him abetter farm than the one he then held, which promise he never performed ; that deponent received only 15/. compensation for building houses, & c., though promised 211. 4 s. by Courtney; but that deponent would not voluntarily receive five times that amount, and of his own accord quit his house and farm; but that knowing he would be turned out, he was glad to receive any compensation. This poor old man now resides with his family in a wretched hovel, in wretchedness and poverty. „ ^ . John Lee states, that he was ejected and turned off' the lands of Drimure, m 1834, by Mr. Thomas Lefroy ; that his father and he occupied some of that farm for many years, built a good dwelling- house and offices, and improved their lands, and always paid their rent punctually; that in the year in which he was ejected, he tilled and sowed his farm, under a promise that he would not be turned out; that two men, one appointed by Mr. Lefroy or his agent, and one by deponent, valued his houses, tillage and crop at 35/., of which he never received one farthing. Deponent's houses and farm were given to John Brossin, a Protestant. Deponent received no compensation. Rose Mullaniffe, wife of Edward Mullaniffe, states that her husband was tenant on the lands of Drimure, the property of Mr. Lefroy, and was ejected in 1834; that so far from quitting his farm voluntarily, for a compensation of 101, he received, that deponent's hus- band endeavoured to drive off Mr. Lefroy's men, who were in the act of stripping the roof off his house, and deponent herself did not leave her house until she was dragged out of it by the men who took the roof off her house. Mr. Courtney, the agent, promised deponent's hus- band a farm near Ballinamuck, which promise he never performed. Deponent's farm was given to John Bogan, a Protestant. Thomas Lee, Patrick Lee, and John Lee received no compensation. I also produce a list of the number noticed to quit, and served with ejectment process on the 13th April 1838, in the town of Ballinamuck. [ The same ivas delivered in and read, and ivas as follows :] Peter M'Manus Terrence Keliher Mary Turnan Francis M'Namee - Mary Murphy Larrence Kelly Michael Kenny William Grimes Catt Hamilton Charles Early Arthur O'Neal William M'Enally - Bryan Ferrelly John Cassidy Bernard Beely Patt Campbell Daniel M'Gennis - John Kurnan Catt Cannon Thomas M'Partlin - James Durgnan Larrence Quin James Reely - Catt Whitney Matthew M'Gragh Elizabeth Connell - Catt Hagan - James Breslin Servants. u •" fii a111 - • TTm il' 1, j s i kl. ru/ f 1 2 I r / lUilH i ' » — Jo 1 I . i ..