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.... ·- ·------ ---------··-- ·-------- : i I VAIXATION. : POUCE T>.X. i BIIEEP TAX. I ----------- ------- -- -'--- ----- ------ -- --1- -· I ! TOTAL. .-£. ~. d. £. s. -1. : £. s. d. I Magheritcloglicr I !Hi7 10 8 400 4 11 i 864 12 7 I £. ·'· d . 1,354 17 0 Meenaclady 3RG 17 - 205 - 4 . 2~!1 1 il \) [ 49-l 1 g l i I Gortahork, TownlanrlofKiPldrurn 08 4 rn 13 3 ! 35 - 4 i !i':!R - OG 1 (J . - I 54 17 :J Dunlewy - Ofl I II I I l---------------1------ ToT n - - - £ . i - H11 _ - - ! I, 180 11 81 2,0U(} i :i 4 araile) agus foilsiodh tuarascail 478 leathanach. Mheas siad nach raibh anr6 san ait: ". . . destitution . . . did not and does not exist. . . this poverty among the people is not attributable to the landlords . . . "' 29 Breith _chlaonta a bhi ann gan amhras ach caithfear cuimhneamh fosta nar tharla dfshealbhaithe ar bith sa cheantar mar a tharla i nGleann Bheithe i dtratha an ama seo. Rinne an tuarascail tagairt do sin: "No attempt has been made to drive the tenants from their holdings . . . " 30 Mar sin fein is cosuil go raibh anr6 i bhfad nfos m6 sa cheantar ag an am seo na bhf le linn an Ghorta Mh6ir. AN GORTA Mhaigh George Hill nach bhfuair oiread agus duine amhain bas i nGaoth Dobhair le linn an Ghorta d'ocras n6 d'anr6. Thug cupla ball den Central Relief Committee a bhi ag an Society of Friends cuairt ar aiteacha ·eagsula sa cheantar in 1846. Duine acu sin ab ea James H. Tuke agus i ndiaidh cur sios a dheanamh ar a thuras 6 Shraith an Urlair go Dun Fionnachaidh trid "the poorest and most destitute district in Donegal" deir se: "We remained at Lord George Hill's hotel during the following day and are fully able to add our testimony to the statements which have been made with respect to the admirable zeal and enlightened benevolence of this nobleman; and to the great improvements which have been effected upon the land, and in the conditions of the inhabitants of one of the wildest portions of Donegal." Ta tagairt deanta fosta do Uthe improved cottages and farms of the Gweedore estate", agus molann se st6r Hill ar an Bhun Bheag "having with his usual forethought provided a depot for food which he allowed not only his own but the neighbouring tenants to purchase at prime cost, " agus cuireann se sios ina dhiaidh sin ar a thuras 'na Chlochain Leith frfd phar6iste Theampall Cr6ine: 'This is the poorest parish in Donegal. "' 31 Ta a mhacasamhail raite ag John O'Hagan, dlfod6ir 6 thuaisceart na hEireann a thug cuairt ar Chuige Uladh i samhradh na bliana 1845 le cupla 13