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Lurgan Coat of Arms The Armagh Guardian

30 March, 1872  

PAUPER DEPORTATION

At the last meeting of the Lurgan Board of Guardians the case of an old man 82 years of age, named McTear, who had resided in Scotland over 40 years, and had in his old age been forcibly removed and sent back to this country from the parish of Dundonald, was brought under notice and excited the greatest indignation. The law that permits this inhumanity and injustice requires to be reformed.

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