In December the Marchioness of Sligo dies of lingering consumption. Born at Constantinople in 1842, she lived only for 28 years and left one daughter. It was good year for some a bad year for others. The villages were levelled, the countryside depopulated and patterns of emigration set down. There was the suggestion that Castlebar was surrounded, by untold mineral wealth and Patrick Cuff condemned to death, reprieved and sentenced to transportation for life.
Times are on the upswing.
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