Scathlan 3

Talamh Fearach na gCnoc Chomh maith le sin, bhiodh talamh fearach coitianta ag na daoine ar na cnoic. Bhiodh an talamh seo giota fada ar shiul 6n talamh curaiochta agus, mar sin de, nuair a bhiodh an barr sa talamh, ba ghnath leis na daoine an stoc a thabhairt leo agus an samhradh a chaitheamh ann - buailteachas a thugtaf ar an imirce sheasurach sea. Ansin 6 dheireadh an Fh6mhair go La Fheil' Padraig, bhiodh cead reatha ag eallach agus caoirigh: uFrom the first week in November until the latter end of April, the entire face of the country resembled a great common where cows, horses and sheep grazed promiscuously. " 10 Deir George Hill: 0 It often happens that a man has three dwellings - one in the mountains (teach sealadach samhraidh), another upon a shore (a ghnath ait c6naf} and the third upon an island (ina gc6nai6dh se san Fh6mhar, de ghnath). " 11 Is minic a bhiodh cearta iascaireachta, badaf agus eangach i gcoiteann acu - chuirfeadh se comharchumann an lae inniu i gcuimhoe duit. Deir Desmond Mc Court go raibh an talamh ag na daoine go minic le cheile: '7he normal economic unit was the joint farm which was leased in common by the joint tenants or partners, who co-operated in the work of the farm. " 12 agus go malairti piosai, fiu amhain: "To maintain equality of holding over a period of time and especially to acommodate an increasing number of holders within the open– field community, the strips ofmeadow and arable were redistributed by lot periodically, usually every year or every three years or so. " 13 Mar sin de ce go raibh an c6ras Rundale mi-eifeachtach i go leor d6igheanna, bhi na daoine cleachtaithe agus sasta leis agus chothaigh se spiorad an airneil agus an chairdis i measc na ndaoine. Nior ghlac siad le athruithe Hill. SAOTHAR GEORGE HILL Deirtear go minic gur dhishealbhaigh George Hill na ceadta i nGaoth Dobhair. Is e firinne an sceil agus na staire nar dhishealbhaigh se oiread agus duine amhain. Is fiu staidear a dheanamh ar na hathruithe a rinne se agus meastachan a dheanamh ar a bhfiuntas. ATHROINNT D'fhostaigh Hill Mr. George Montgomery agus Charles Hazlitt Swiney mar shuirbeiri leis an talamh a athroinnt sa d6igh go mbeadh feirm ag gach tion6nta in ait amhain, Rinneadh an suirbhe seo ar chostas £600. Bhunaigh sagart na par6iste, Aodh 'ac Phaidin coiste leis na hathruithe a phle leis na suirbheiri agus le Hill. B'eigean dona tion6ntaithe a gcuid tithe a leagaint agus a athth6gail ar na cutanna ura ar a gcostas fein (600 cut, meanchostas £10 an teach = £6,000). Thug Hill cuairt ar na tithe uilig leis an phr6iseas a dheanamh nfos fusa agus thug se ordu d6ibh bheith reidh lena gcuid gabhaltaisi a fhagail. Mhol na tion6ntaithe plean da gcuid fein - go mbeadh dha phaiste chaol, fhada de thalamh ag gach duine in ait an 7