School: Crosskeys
- Location:
- Cross Keys, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Thomas Greene
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0977, Page 239
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- The Red Lane
Around here many roads and by-ways get their name from some event that happened near them, such as: "The Red Lane" or "The Dead Shore". On the road running from Cavan to Ballyjamesduff a lane branches off near Crosskeys and leads to a farmer's residence. One night three men were going home from a dance when suddenly they disagreed. Words lead to blows and soon the victim of the night lay in his gore. The next day the lane was red with blood , and so it got that fitting title "The Red Lane"
- Collector
- N. Maguire
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
