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comradai, ina measc John Mitchell agus Charles Gavan Duffy. Mheas O'Hagan gur bhfiu airgead a chaitheamh i siopa Hill ag.us duirt se gur fhag se slan "with fervent good wishes for his lordship who is a common · benefactor for the whole ·country around. " Dalta Tuke cuireann O'Hagan sios fosta ar dhrochdh6igh na ndaoine faoin Marquis Conyngham sna Rosa. 32 Dhearbhaigh na finnithe uilig roimh an Select Committee in 1858 go raibh d6igh i bhfad nios measa ar na daoine idir 1854-1858 na bhi le linn an Ghorta h6ir. Mar sin fein, ta se soileir go leor 6 na finnithe ceanna go raibh anas ann le linn an Ghorta agus is cinnte gur chuidigh muileann mine George Hill a bhi ag meilt de la agus d'oiche leo, chomh maith le bia na farraige. MEASTACHAN Is cosuil gur chaill George Hill suim ina eastat i nGaoth Dobhair i ndiaidh Chogadh na gCaorach, gur fhag se riaradh an eastait ag a chuid gniomhairi agus gur chaith se bunus a chuid ama i Rath Mealltain 6 sin amach. Fuair se bas i mi Aibrean 1879 agus ta se curtha maraon lena chead bhean, Cassandra· Jane, i reilig Eaglais na hEireann i gConwal i Leitir Ceanainn (os coinne Ardeagalais Adhamhnain) agus an scribhinn seo ar an uaigh: -"Also to the memory of Lord George A. HILL who died April 6th 1879 of Balliare House in his 78th year. " Nil se furast breith a thabhairt ar George Hill. Bhi dha George Hill ann - an George Hill a chonaic Stephen Gwynn -"a very pattern ofgentleness and courtesy . . . - . . . 'no man has sone so much to redeem the reproach that rests on Irish Landlordism. " 33 agus an George Hill a chruthaigh i nGaoth Dobhair "the system where Irish Landlordism is most sordid, cruel and rapacious. "' 34 Sula ndeanfaidh me meastachan ar an "da" George Hill, ba mhaith liom dh8 thosca eile a lua a chuideoidh linn tuigbheail nios fearr a fhail ar Hill agus a chuid tion6ntaithe. 1. Gnas Uladh 11 1 am not in the slightest degree exaggerating when I say that everything was as suddenly changed as if struck by a magician's wand. The dirty cabins of the roadside were succeeded by neat, pretty, cheerful looking cottages. Regular plantations, well-cultivated fields, pleasant little cottage gardens and shady lines of trees met the eye on every side. " 35 Gearmanach ar a bhealach 6 Dhun Dealgan go dti an tlur sa bhliain 1843 a thug fa deara an t-athru seo. Gnas Uladh a ba chuis leis, n6 mar a deirtear "good will" no "tenant right". Chiallaigh an "gnas" seo (a ndearnadh dli d6 i 1881) go raibh gach tion6nta i dteideal iocaiocht a fhail 6n tion6nta ur n6 6n tiarna arson leasaithe a rinne sear an talamh. 'Se an tionchar a bhi ag seo ar na feirmeacha i gCuige Uladh n6 gur laghdaigh se dfshealbhaithe (mar go gcaithfeadh an tiarna locafocht a thabhairt don 14