School: Maio (roll number 13119)

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1. Local Roads (continued)

   

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   repair. It was steam-rolled a few years ago.

   

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2. Roads

   

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   Maio road begins at Lynch's crossroads, and ends at Doon crossroads. It was made early in the eighteenth century by the Board of Works and a lot of people were engaged in making it. Old people say that the were only paid sixpence per day when they were making the road. Before the road was made, there was no means of getting across the country, but by a foot pass from Cook's crossroads to the cross of Cormeen. Now the road helps the people to go to Newcastle chapel, and to different places.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Philip Daly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Doon, Co. Meath

3. The High Road

   

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   The road from Sheridan's to Gaughran's is known, as the High-road. It is older than any of the other roads. So it is the oldest

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