The Ethnic Cleansing of the Mayo Estates

The village of Balenglass was a fairly rare find in Ireland. The people there had been allowed by their land lady to improve their land and they had created a very prosperous community. They all lived in stone houses, which was very rare at the time. So she evicts them all. Kick some right out, kick some right out. On the morning of March 30th, 1846, an attachment of troops and police showed up to eject the people from their homes. It was made clear to the people in surrounding areas that if they took in the evictees they would suffer the same fate. In desperation they erected temporary shelters and ditches or constructed what would become a common