School: Carraig Thuathail (B.)

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   that house. After a couple of years Mr. Coppinger died and neither the house or the road was used and they became covered with briars.
   There was an old row of stepping stones across the little tide at a place called Sletty and it was over this the people crossed before Sletty quay was built.
   Before Sletty quay was built there was a lot of twigs across the tide so that the people could go across. And it is from the twigs across the river that Sletty Bridge got its name when it was built.
   The High Road:- This is the name of a road leading from Carrigtwohill Village to Rossmore Strand.
   The Mass Path is the name of a path on the farm of the late Mr. Tatttan, of Doneen, north of Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork. It got its name because the people used go to hear mass in Ballycrana by that path.
   Bothar Bó [?]:- This is on the farm of Mr Graham, Ballinakilla, north of Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork. It got its name from a white cow that was in a mountain there and she used go up that path

   

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. public infrastructure
            1. roads (~2,778)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   J.J. Higgins

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carrigtohill, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs H. Higgins

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   47

   Address

   Carrigtohill, Co. Cork