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ainmhi in aghaidh na bliana. Ba nuair a ghlac Hill ceim eile sa phr6iseas seo i lar na gcaogaidi a cuireadh tus leis an triobl6id mh6r i re Hill: 0 A lamentable state of affairs has arisen in Donegal which has ben until recently one of the most peacable counties of the U.K. iao I litir a scriobh Ardeasbog Thuama, an Dochtuir Mac Eil chuig an Tiarna Palmerston i mi Eanair, 1861, duirt se: "With the exception of large cities that appear indifferent to those cruel agrarian evictions, because they do not witness them, there is no portion of the rural districts of Ireland that is not at the moment experiencing all the horrors of the sheep-walk system that is sweeping away the inhabitants from the land. 1 a 1 Sa b.hliain 1854 shuigh Hill 10,000 acra den chnoc le feirmeoir as Yorkshire, Mr. Huggup. Fuair na feirmeoiri strainsearacha seo amach go raibh talamh sleibhtiuil iarthuaisceart Thir Chonaill iontach f6irstineach do th6gail caorach - go hairithe do ph6r a raibh aghaidheanna dubha orthu 6 stoc Linton in Alba in. Ni raibh se i bhfad go raibh na cnoic a bhi ag Hill, Woodhouse, Olphert agus Leitrim breactha leis an caoirigh brocacha seo. 22 Thug na tiarnal an talamh ar cios do na feirmeoirf seo. Chiallaigh seo nach raibh cead ag na tion6ntaithe usaid a bhaint as an talamh fearach seo nios m6. Bhi tabhacht faoi leith ag baint leis na cnoic do phobal a bhi beagnach fein-chothaioch san am. Ba le airgead an stoic a d'ioc siad an cios. D'usaid siad olann na gcaorach le eadach an teaghlaigh agus eadach leapa a dheanamh, agus bhi na mna uilig ag deanamh stocai san am. Is cosuil gur ag an am seo fosta a cuireadh na cfosanna ardaithe i bhfeidhm. Bhi drochFh6mhar ann in 1852, 1854, 1856 agus 1857. Ni dhearna na cutanna ura ach nios m6 fadhbanna a chruthu. Ainneoin gur beag feirm a raibh an mheanluachail nios m6 na 40s air, tugadh orthu uilig rata na mbocht a ioc fosta. Chuir Nixon dos ar bhaint na feamnai cois cladaigh, agus thug sear a chuid tion6ntaithe an aiche aoil a th6g se fein a usaid ar 2s 6d an d6dh. Is soileir mar sin go raibh drochdh6igh ar na tion6ntaithe i lar na gcaogaidi agus gur an eagla a bhi orthu na go gcuirfi amach as a dtailte ar fad iad. Ba na Molly Maguires a bhuail an chead bhuille i gcogadh na gcaorach nuair a rinne siad ionsai ar James Sillicoe, sreadai de chuid Joseph Wright ar Eastat Woodhouse, i mi na Nollag 1856 agus d'iarr siad air greadadh leis 'na bhaile go dti a thir dhuchais. Ghoid siad 60 caora an oiche sin. 23 Thosaigh na tion6ntaithe a mharu na gcaorach - deirtear gur mharaigh siad 1,000 ar fad. Tugadh tuilleadh p6ilini go dha staisiun poilin i nGaoth Dobhair i mi na Nollag 1856 agud dha dhosaen breise faoin Crime and Outrage Act i ml Feabhra 1857. I mi Mharta tugadh 20 eile isteach. D'imigh Huggup agus Wright. Ta go leor tuairiscf againn d'achrann na mblianta sin - beairicf a leagaint go talamh agus cinn ura a dt6gail, goid agus maru caorach, bagairti agus f6grai bais agus a leitheidi. Nil aon amhras ach gur theip ar ch6ras na gcaorach seo agus go bhfuair na tion6ntaithe a gcuid fein ar ais gan mhoill. Ach mar sin fein chuir uineiri na gcaorach iarratas isteach fa choinne cuitimh, agus ce go bhfuil se soileir gurbh iad fein amharaigh cuid mh6r acu (agus gur dhiol siad an fheoil) agus go bhfuair cuid acu bas i bhfuacht 10