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School: Béal an Dá Chab (roll number 14225)

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Ballydehob, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Risteárd O Lighin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0290, Page 249

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    The road leading from Ballydehob to Mount Gabriel past my house is called the Letter road. It was made about the year 1876. There is an old road leading from Ballydehob through Ratrawane to Bantry. It was the old road to Bantry. It is about a quarter of a mile in from the new road. The people who were working in it were getting only four pence a day. There is a mass path leading from the old Chapel on to
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Donovan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gurteenroe, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John Donovan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gurteenroe, Co. Cork