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Land, and the ownership of land, was to dominate Ireland's history in the Nineteenth Century. The problems caused by who owned the land was partly responsible for the terrible impact of the Great Famine from 1845 to 1847. Gladstone attempted to resolve the land issue but by the end of the Nineteenth Century not a great deal had been done which specifically improved the lifestyle of those who worked on the land.

You might have been forgiven for getting totally confused on your last trip to Newtownsandes in County Kerry. Although many of the signposts and some of the older ordnance survey maps still show this town, all roads lead to Moyvane. The village originally got its name from George Sandes who was the owner of the lands upon which it was situated. George Sandes and later

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The definitive book about Flora Sandes launched in Edinburgh on 24 June 2013 and I was fortunate enough to be invited. So I drove up to Edinburgh and met its rather wonderful author, Louise Miller.

The letter was handwritten on the back of a photograph of the author taken around March 1937 at Wau, Territory New Guinea and was addressed to his son Samuel Dickson Sandes and his wife Joan Airey. Reference is also made to their daughter Zia Allison Flora Dickson Sandes. Zia's younger brother Richard Samuel Dickson Sandes was not born at the time of this letter.

He was born 1913, son of Robert Dalrymple Sandes and Ruby Hilda Lamb. To his friends and family he was affectionately known as 'Mike'. He had two elder sisters, Phyliss (b. 1908) and Lorna (b. 1911), two younger brothers, Robert (Robin) (b. 1915) and Raymond (b.1919) and a younger sister Pamela (b. 1925).

He returned to Britain from India with his entire family in 1923.

by John Sandes

Lay my rifle here beside me, set my Bible on my breast,
For a moment let the waning bugle cease,
As the century is closing, I am going to my rest,
Lord, lettest Thou thy servant go in peace,
But loud through all the bugles rings a cadence in my ear,
And on the winds my hopes of peace are stowed,
Those winds that waft the voices that already I can hear

The Exploits of Mr. George Sandes of Listowel, Land Agent, magistrate and terror of North Kerry.

George Sandes was born in 1821 son of Captain John Sandes and his wife Agnes Sandes (who were second cousins).

In 1851 he was recorded as the owner of two houses, namely No.s 24 and 35 The Square, Listowel. He later inherited 'Greenville' from his uncle William Gough Sandes J.P. who died without issue.