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School: Lismacaffry

Location:
Lismacaffry, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Gamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 255

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 255

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  1. The Local Roads (continued)

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    is only about forty years made.
    The Float road leads from the cross-roads at Lismacaffrey to the float bridge. The pound road leads from Lismacaffrey cross-roads to Boherquill church. The new line road leads from Boherquill church to the cross roads at Dunn's.
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  2. The Local Roads

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    The names of the roads on this locality are:- the Boherquill road or the Pound road, the Float road, the new line road and the quarry lane. The Boherquill road leads from Lismacaffrey cross-roads to Boherquill Church. The Float road leads from Lismacaffrey cross-roads to Coole. The new line road was made the time the famine was in this country. There was a man living in Fermore who worked at it and his name was Larry Ward.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Leslie
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fearmore, Co. Westmeath