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phaiste amhain a mhol Hill. "'The tenants wished to perpetuate the principle of sharing portions of land of varying quality. Under the arrangement too, they hoped to retain their Clachans. " 14 COMHREITEACH Is cosuil sa deireadh nach bhfuair Hill a dh6igh fein go hiomlan. Bhi se i gceist ag Hill feirmeacha cearn6gacha n6 dronuilleogach a chruthu, mar a chruthaigh Captain John Pitt Kennedy i go leor aiteacha ar fud na tire ag an am seo - gabhaitais nach mbeadh an fhad agus an leithead ach sa choibhneas 3/4:1. Duirt Hill e fein: -"'Each tenant got a squared farm for himself in place of his former fragments of land. " 15 Nior tharla seo. Ina ait sin, cruthaiodh gabhaltais chaola fhada a raibh cuid de na buanna a bhi ag an Rundale (dar leis na tion6ntaithe) acu. "It consisted oflong narrow strips, which by crossing the contours from valley bottom to hill summit, gave each tenant access to every quality of soil; each holding usually included two strips situated in different parts of the arable. " 16 Chomh maith le sin, siocair go raibh na gabhaltais chomh cung sin, bhi na tithe iontach c6ngarach da cheile go f6ill, dalta na gclachan. Nios tabhachtai na sin aris: 0 /t enabled the tenants to retain equal rights of access to the common lands . . . " 17 Bheadh an deis cheanna ag na tion6ntaithe go f6ill fail fhad le talamh fearach na gcnoc, agus leis an dumhai. Is cosuil go raibh na tion6ntaithe sasta leis an chomhreiteach seo ainneoin gur chiallaigh se go mb'eigean do go leor acu a gcuid tithe a th6gail agus an bhinn ag amharc ar an bhealach mh6r, go raibh cuid mh6r falta le t6gail agus go raibh siul an– fhada 6 cheann ceann na feirme. Mar sin de ni fior a ra go hiomlan gur chuir Hill deireadh le Rundale. Sa chomhreiteach a cuireadh i bhfeidhm, bhi cuid mh6r d'iarsmai an Rundale chomh maith le cuid de mholtai Hill. Is ins na hathruithe eile a rinne sea fheiceann muid tus na triobl6ide ire Hill. ARDU CiOSA D'ardaigh Hill an dos i dtus na gceathrachaidi mar chuid d'athstruchturu an ch6rais talaimh - 6 £472 in 1838 go £1, 100. Is cosuil nar cuireadh na cfosanna ura i bhfeidhm go dti 1854 agus na blianta ina dhiaidh sin, agus ta na ceadta sampla le fail dona harduithe seo, e.g., an fhianaise a thug Aodh Mac Giolla Bhride, bailli George Hill agus bailitheoir canach, don Select Committee in 1858: 8 '"'Do you know the town/and of Meenaduff? I do. That comprises Meenadreen, Magheralosk and Meenaduff? It does. How many families are there on that town/and? There are 35 families. How many cow's grass?