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School: Hollyfort (roll number 12523)

Location:
Hollyfort, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mabel Vaughan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0888, Page 241

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  1. Local Roads

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    The local roads around here are The Kilmichal Road, The Monaseed Road, The Annagh Road, The Arklow Road, and The Courtown Road.
    There is an old path, from Hollyfort to Craanford, and it is called "The Mass Path.
    It is about four miles long, and it is there a very long time.
    On the road leading to Carnew, at Ballyellis, in the 1798 rising, the Irish ambushed the English. The Irish did not lose one but there were a number of the English killed. Inside the ditch there are a number of English graves, and in the top of the field there is one called The Black Man's Grave," and no one knows how he came to be with the English army, or who he was.
    On the Craanford road about a mile from Hollyfort
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sam Sunderland
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Annagh, Co. Wexford