Landlords
15th July 1938
Sir Robert Lynch Bloose who lived in Ball about 35 years ago was a Land-Lord. His wife Lady Harriet was born in Westport.
She was a catholic before she got married but her husband was a protestant and she became a protestant after she got married.
Sir Robert owned a big farm around Balla.
Lady Harriet was very good to the poor and she was very charitable. She used to weave a lot of blankets and divide them round among the poor people.
At Christmas the Land lord used to kill a beef and divide it with his tenants.
They had about 20 servants and they used to give employment to a lot.
“INFORMANT: Mary Mc Donnell, Age 77, Prison, Balla Co. Mayo”