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Good info but one clarification about the inheritance - the division of the plots was part of the penal laws to erode catholic influence in the country. It was called the popery act and it meant that land was to be divided equally amongst all sons in the family unless one converted to protestantism in which case they were to inherit the lot. It was one of the many cruel ways the British colonial empire oppressed and attempted to erase the culture of the countries they occupied (in this case, Ireland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popery_Act?wprov=sfla1