School: Leitir Bric (roll number 14924)

Location:
Letterbrick, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Grannacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0151, Page 582

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  1. Roads in my district.
    The road passing along our school, from Belmullet to Castlebar is called Ball's Road. It was called that name, because it was Engineer Ball that marked it.
    Ball and some others had a bet on it. Ball said he would make a road from Castlebar to Belmullet without a bridge. They said he would not. He made the road and he won the bet. It was made in the famine years.
    There was once a road coming through "Cnoc na bpáiste". It was called "boitín fuar". It was a road coming to Derreen. It is not in use now. It is covered over with whins now, and there is a path instead of it.
    There was an old path going through Momogar called
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Moyles
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Moyles
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 46
    Address
    Derreen, Co. Mayo