School: Sruth Nua
- Location:
- Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0104, Page 265
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“Years and years ago there were no railroads...”
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Years and years ago there were no railroads. no trains. no buses. no motorcars. no bicycles. no steam rolled-roads. and no means of transport or traveling except on foot or by horse and carts.
From Westport to Dublin and Galway etc. Men with horses and carts travelled to and from Westport with eggs, butter, fish and all kinds of goods.
One day among the packages there happened to be a bag about five feet long and three feet in circumference.
it is believed that this package was first detected at the Roundforth stage house(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Dolly Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bloomfield, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Hugh Mc Hugh
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Bloomfield, Co. Mayo