When Thomas Leonard was born on November 8, 1886, in Galway, Ireland, his father, Thomas, was 41 and his mother, Mary, was 45. He married Catherine McPolin on February 14, 1915, in Manhattan, New York City, New York. They had three children during their marriage. He died on August 2, 1925, in Manhattan at the age of 38.
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Ballinlass DEMESNE
Location: Killeroran (Galway)
Ballinlass, Ballygar, Co. Galway
Ballinlass House BALLYGAR
Location: Killeroran (Galway)
Ballinlass Demesne, Ballygar, Co. Galway
Awful extermination of tenantry at Ballinlass
<p>When it came to profit, grazing cattle was more lucrative than having tenants. Having lived in Ballinlass for generations, reliably paying rent, was of no consequence; Marcella Netterville Gerrard, was hell-bent on clearing her land. On this fateful morning, 67 ‘comfortable, clean, and neatly kept habitations, with snug kitchen gardens either before or behind them’ were demolished and all 447 inhabitants of Ballinlass 'scattered over the neighbourhood, residing in the ditches or anywhere they can find shelter’...</p>
1846-03-13 12:00:00
Report on the Potato Epidemic, Boyle, Sligo and beyond
<p>THE POTATO EPIDEMIC—LATEST INTELLIGENCE | The Freeman's Journal </p> <p>The following letters on the potato disease from authoritative and respected sources, we deem it our duty to lay before the Irish public. It will be seen that they are written from widely separated districts, and bear the most recent dates:</p>
1845-11-04 12:00:00