School: Bailieboro (Model)

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   demense near Bailieborough, and goes right through the wood, and alongside that lane there is an old snow-house into which long ago they put snow. The roof of this house is made of sods and is about 100 feet deep.
   Long ago there were no bridges, so the people made an arch of stones at the bottom and sticks at the top.
   The roads were nearly always straight and very narrow, because when horses were bringing a load they had to carry it on their backs, as there were no coaches at that time. There are a number of these roads still to be seen, but grass has covered the rest of them so they cannot be seen.
   These roads were usually made of flat stones and laclea clay. The old coach road from Cavan to Dublin ran through Bailieborough, and the changing place (is) for horses is supposed to be above the Masonic hall.
   The road from Lear school to Corglass Presbyterian church is very old. Mr Tomas McCleery helped to make it. There used to be a plank across a river in Mr Samuel

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. public infrastructure
            1. roads (~2,778)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr F. Wilson

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lisgar, Co. Cavan