School: Dubhais (roll number 16323)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 203

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 203

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  1. An old bridle road or path, stretching almost due north & south, down the side of Curraghamongan to a ford in the River Finn and continuing due south on the Dooish side of the river, supposed to stretch from Letterkenny to Donegal & Ballyshannon through Barnesmore. Traces (in the form of double fences or "ditches") remained until quite recently when the stones of which they were formed were removed for road metal. On the Curraghamongan side a single straight stone wall, broken in places, is supposed to mark its course. The recently removed "double-ditch" was on the farm
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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
    Bernard Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Brigid Mc Bride
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    90
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Dooish, Co. Donegal