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School: Coillte Clochair (C.) (roll number 2364)

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Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0195, Page 165

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    then started. It was some kind of bog beforehand and there was a big hole in this side of the bridge. The contractor was looking over it for a long time and was fooling about and Minister Scott who lived in a house nearby, now owned by Philip Mc Griskin, got tired looking at him, and came up to Kiltyclogher and brought down men with horses and carts. When they reached the spot, he took off his coat and worked like the men. They filled the carts with the old bogs and threw it into the hole, they also put bushes into it. The road was then finished.
    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
    Mary Dolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mr William Wilson
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    82
    Address
    Cashelnadrea, Co. Fermanagh