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1. Local Roads

   

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   237 5 .12.'38 Local roads The names of some of the roads and cross roads and bridges and hills around our house are forty lane the glin lane, Whisthing bridge Dukes crossroads Webster's hill and Rockspring hill. Forty lane leads to the glin lane and the glin lane leads to Camolin. All the houses on Forty lane are called Forties. Dukes crossroads is so called because a man named Tom Duke lived in the ruins of a house in front of it. Gladys Walshe (13) Corbetsown, Ferns, Co. Wexford

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   Topics

   1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
         1. infreastruchtúr poiblí
            1. bóithre (~2,778)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Gladys Walshe

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Baile Chorbait, Co. Loch Garman

2. The Local Roads

   

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   The Local Roads
   The names of some of the roads are "The Hill road" "Rockspring road" Ballyregan lane. There were wooden bridges across the rivers.
   Our house. The Crosses, Ballyfoley is on a cross roads which lead to the piers there is a side road going off it and it

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