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School: Meelick (C.)

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Meelick, Co. Clare
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Bean Uí Mhórdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0597, Page 225

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    Long ago we had not roads as we have now. There was a road leading from the Windy gap to Cratloe where nobody could travel except on foot.
    It got a rough making in the bad times. At present motor cars can pass on this road. There was also a branch road leading from Gallow’s Hilll to Woodcock hill and on to Limerick.
    It was impossible to travel on this road about thirty years ago.
    Now the people from Gallow’s hill and Woodcock Hill can travel by this road. There wer men and woman working in Old Mr Delmege’s time making roads and making drains
    The men had ten pence per day and the women had eight pence per day. They had to make passages in this land with rough Timber for horses to draq the stones to the drains
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brighid Ní Chonaire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glennagross, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr John Connery
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Glennagross, Co. Clare