School: Lismacaffry

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1. The Local Roads (continued)

   

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   leads from Lismacaffrey cross roads to the corner.
   Most of the roads are very old. Some of the roads were made in the famine times. The people that were working on them got only twopence a day.
   The Float road got its name from a float that was across the Inny River long ago.

   

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2. The Local Roads

   

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   There are a lot of roads in this locality namely:- the bog road leads from Mrs. Boyce's railway gates to Killasonna crossroads. The Clonmore lane, the long road, the corner road, the Float road, the Lisryan road and the New-line road. The Clonmore lane leads from the corner at Mr. B. Smith's house to Mrs. Boyce's railway gates. The long road leads from Mr. B. Smith's house to Killasonna cross-road.
   In this locality there is a bridge called the Float Bridge. Long ago there was no bridge there and if anyone had to go to Dublin, he would go to the place where the bridge is now in a

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   James Carrigy

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   56

   Address

   Chancery, Co. Westmeath