W. H. Maitland History of Magherafelt

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. About the year 1615 the Salters' Co. Sent over an agent and workmen to commence building a Manor House and Bawn, and other preliminary works for planting their estate with settlers. To ensure that the County might not in future be peopled wholly with Irish, the Irish Society (which was the parent Society) re solved to send out twelve boys from Christ's Hospital, together with other poor, to be apprenticed, and the settlers were precluded from taking, Irish apprentices.