Mother Of Seven Jailed Over Land Squatting, Carnaross, Co. Meath, Ireland 1971

Mother Of Seven Jailed Over Land Squatting, Carnaross, Co. Meath, Ireland 1971

The story of an impoverished farming family and their struggle to continue living on the land, and a divided Land League.

In Meath, Paddy and Ann McConnell and their seven children are occupying land in a dispute with the Land Commission. The 61 acre farm in Carnaross near Kells is controlled by the Land Commission. It was meant for a migrant farmer but he never got it as the O’Connell family have been squatting on the farm since 24 January 1971. They are protesting over what they say is,
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