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School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)

Location:
Lanesborough, Co. Longford
Teacher:
E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 077

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    There is an old road called the Line outside Lanesboro'. It leads to Longford. The line is called the tinkers road because they used to camp in it. It was an old custom when the tinkers would jump across a twig or throw a stone into the river. The bridge of Lanesboro' was made in 1844 and it is an iron bridge. The one they had before was a small wooden plank and there used to be one old road leading to Longford now we call that old road the school road now because the school is built beside it. There were a lot of road making during the Famine to give work to the people who had no money and also to keep
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lanesborough, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Miss Margaret Donlon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    55
    Address
    Lanesborough, Co. Longford