Complex sentence: The family moved to Feakle and some years later Merriman is known to have owned a 20 acre (81,000 m²) farm in the area and to have been teaching in the hedge school nearby in the townland of Kilclaren.
Split into simpler sentences: The family moved to Feakle and some years later Merriman is known to have owned a 20 acre (81,000 m²) farm in the area. He is also known to have teaching the hedge school nearby in the townland of Kilclaren.