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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