Scathlan 3

foirgnimh eile. Spreag se na tion6ntaithe feabhas a chur ar a dtithe, ar a bhfeirmeacha agus ar obair na feirme trf dhuaiseanna agus deontais a thabhairt do na rudaf faoi leith ab' fhearr: ar an taobh eile den sceal, d'ardaigh se ciosanna. Shain se talamh fearach na gnoc de na tion6ntaithe. Ta go leor nach n-aont6dh leis an meid ata ar an leacht cuimhneachain in Eaglais na hEireann ar an Shun Bheag: nA self-denying Christian, he devoted his life and fortune to civilise Gweedore and to raise its people to a higher social and moral level ,, Measaim fein go raibh George Hill maith agus olc. Rinne se iarracht feabhas a chur ar an cheantar trf sheirbisf agus aiseanna nfos nua– aimseartha a chur ar fail, ach os a choinne sin, d'fhulaing muintir na haite go leor de bharr na n-athruithe a rinne se. Chomh maith le sin, is cinnte go raibh se santach agus gur e fein is m6 a ghn6thaigh de bharr a chuid leasuithe. Mar sin fein, rinne se rudaf maithe agus is feidir a ra nach tioranach a bhi ann cosuil le go leor .tiarnai talaimh a linne. SEAMAS MAC PHAIDiN AGUS COGADH AN TALAIMH Ag caint i nGlaschu d6 i mf na Samhna, 1884, duirt sagart par6iste Ghaoth Dobhair, an Sagart Seamas Mac Phaidfn: 0 ln this union ofpriests andpeople lies the strength of the Irish cause and for this reason have our enemies been always trying to weaken or break the bond that unites us. "' 42 Bhf an sagart Mac Phaidfn ina thur cosanta ag na daoine in eadan ansmacht na dtiarnaf talaimh 6 1873 ar aghaidh, direach mar a tharraing an tAthair Sean 0 Dochartaigh aird na n-udaras ar dhrochbhail na ndaoine le linn d6 a bheith ina shagart par6iste idir 1849 agus 1857. AN tATHAIR SEAMAS MAC PHAIDiN Bhf Mac Phaidfn dian mar shagart par6iste. "The old autocratic priest" no "An Sagart M6r" dha cheann de na teidil a thuill se do fein. Chuir se deireadh le damhsa ag na croisbhealaf agus le sport agus spraoi sna tithe mar go raibh se in eadan an meid p6itfn a d'61tai ar 6caidf da leitheid agus an tionchar a bheadh aige ar an aos 6g. Duirt se go raibh an diabhal i dteach ina raibh fideal. Thug sear scaifte paistf siul 'na scoile costarnocht ar feadh seachtaine mar phion6s. Ni bheadh leisc air usaid a bhaint as a chuid doirne n6 as a mhaide droighin. Ba ag smaoineamh ar an tsagart Mac Phaidin a bhf Patrick Mc Gill sa leiriu a thug sear an tsagart par6iste in "The Rat Pit" agus "Children of the Dead End" - ti6ranach, a bhi chomh hole leis an tiarna talaimh, a bhf beo ar na daoine agus a th6g teach sagairt m6r nach raibh ga lena leitheid. 43 'Sf an fhealsunacht a bhf ag Mac Phaidfn n6 gur cheart go mbeadh na daoine abalta an cfos a foe 6 thoradh a gcuid talaimh fein. Go hidealach, b'fhearr leis nach mbeadh tiarnaf ar bith ann - ach mar a bhf, nfor chreid se gur cheart go gcaithfeadh daoine imeacht 'na Lagain agus thar saile n6 a gcuid maoine a dhfol leis an tiarna a foe: 16 nThey made the rent and maintained their existence not out of the land. The rent was paid with the American Dollar, the Australian