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DEFIANT ISLANDERS AND
TAXES
Islanders living off Galway County
refuse to pay their taxes and the County Connell does not know what to do. In the case of some islands of the coast no person can be found, even
with the offer of very attractive re- muneration, to undertake the position
of collector, and where collectors are available on the mainland owners of boats have
refused to facilitate their passage to the islands.
On a few occasions the Civic Guards have
persuaded the owners to lend their service and their boats, or their boats alone, for the
guards to cross. In such cases the guards have met with anything but a cordial
reception