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School: Moneygall (2)

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Moneygall, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Bean Ní Cháirr
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0818, Page 026

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  1. Local Roads

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    The local roads in my district are 1. The bog road 2 The main road and 3 The Castletown road.
    1 The bog road leads from Loughawn crossroads to Cloughjordan 2 The main road leads from Dublin to Limerick. 3 and the Castletown road leads from Loughawn crossroads up to Lisduff, to Templemore and to Castletown graveyard and the back road which leads from Castletown cross to Moneygall.
    The bog road and the Castletown road are old roads. They are still used. There are no local accounts as to when they were made. There is a lane called "Loyer Lane" in my district which leads to the "Rock of Loyer". There are no mountain passes.
    When there were no bridges, rivers were crossed by means of fords at shallow places.
    There is a mass path near
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Ardill
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Loughan, Co. Offaly