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School: Clochar na Trocaire, Cinn Mhara

Location:
Kinvarra, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Siúr M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0310

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    (continued from previous page)
    in the seventeenth century.
    There are some very old roads in the district but some of them are very rugged roads and people do not travel on them. The most of the roads were made during the famine year so as to give employment and relief to the famine stricken of the country.
    The old paths are still seen in the fields. They are now used by people going to mass and the boys coming to school. There is a pass way in the field that is opposite the parish chaple. Before bridges were made the people had to put old planks and doors across rivers.
    Every Sunday during Summer crowds of young men gather
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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
    Peggie Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Joe Conneely
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    35
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway