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School: Kilbeg (roll number 11039)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0708, Page 189

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    it is covered with grass. There is also a mass path, just a worn path across grazing land by which people from Staholmog come to mass in Kilbeg Chapel. Long ago there were not many roads in Ireland, but in the famine days the English Government got a lot of roads made to give employment to anyone that was able to work. I heard that men were paid from sixpence to eightpence a day working at them.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Melady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Robertstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    James Brady
    Gender
    Male