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School: Ráthdubháin (roll number 9385)

Location:
Rathduane, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pilib Ó Múinneacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0323, Page 088

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  1. The Local Roads

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    In the parish of Millstreet there is an old road known as the "old Coach Road". This road leads from Clara Atha t-Sléibhe to Anagloor and then on to Tubber. It is the oldest road in this district and it is made over a hundred years.
    This road is not used now, but coaches used to travel along it in olden times. It was made before the famine period.
    There is one old path in the school district leading from the Killarney road to Knocknalomon. Formerly when people were going to Cork they used to go over the Mushera mountain because there
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Corkery
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballydaly, Co. Cork