School: Dromseanbhoth (B.)

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   from Enniskillen to Carrick-on-Shannon. As this road ran through Drumgorman bog the turf banks became very scarce. The Morans of that town cut away the road in search of turf. There were five families of them and that left five different portions of the road cut away. This place lies between Whelan's land and Hugh Early's old house and is a disused swamp at present. The portion of the road from Early's old house out to the Carrick road is in good repair but is not on the county. The other portions of it from Drumgorman to the cross roads at Master Dodd's is still repaired by the county at eighty pence per perch, while in older times the men were paid only four pence per day on the same road.
   There is another road running through the north-western side of my father's land. This road was made in

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. public infrastructure
            1. roads (~2,778)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Francis Whelan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumgorman, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mrs B. Whelan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumgorman, Co. Leitrim