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School: Lisdoonan

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Lisdoonan, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Mac an Éanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0930, Page 281

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    because there was a mill on it for grinding oats outside the ditch alone the road in a field belonging to Micheal Marron, Creevy.
    The Kiln road joins the Lisdoonan road and the Castleblayney road. The Aghalie road joins the Ballybay road with the old Ballytrain road the distance between them being about two miles.
    Potchies road is a very old one and runs off the Lisdoonan road and leads to the Ballybay round by the south side of Creevy Lake. This is a very old road and it is called Potchies lane. It was made over four hundred years ago. It is not used as a road nowadays but as a shortcut from the LIsdoonan road to the Ballybay road.
    The Corleck road is a fairly new road and connects Lisdoonan with
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ena Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cormoy, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Owen Mc Cabe
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cormoy, Co. Monaghan