illustration / How Long O Lord

Political Cartoon, supplement to 'Weekly Freeman', 18 February 1888. Titled 'How Long O Lord'. An old man 80 years of age, named Bartley Geary, residing at Kilkerrin, Connemara, was evicted from his dwelling house, under the New Land Act, on Thursday last, by order of the magistrates. He crept back, however, to the old walls at night, and was found dead within by the neighbours on Friday morning.;