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1. The Local Roads (continued)

   

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   magnificent cut-stone bridges and lock-chambers are still perfect. The canal was constructed during the Famine period. There is a wonderful cut-stone bridge over this canal at Newbrook, about two miles east from Leitrim.. It is called the "Skew" bridge. It got this name from the fact that the road crosses the canal obliquely, and not, as is usual, at right angles. This give the arch a twisted effect, when examined from underneath. It is said that after this canal was finished, goods were brought to Leitrim by horse-drawn barges from Enninkillen, and even from Belfast, to Leitrim. This Leitrim canal passed through Ballinamore and Belturbet and enters Upper Lough Erne. From this lake the Ulster canal leads through Clones and Monaghan and by Charlemont into Lough Neagh. Leaving Lough Neagh it flows past Lisburn on to Belfast. Goods are still sometimes brought by oil-driven barge to Leitrim quay from Dublin and Limerick. Maize was brought to Leitrim about ten years ago by water. This maize had come from South America on a large cargo vessel to Leitrim. Here it was transferred from the large ship to barges, a few of which came up to Leitrim quay with maize, to be ground in the

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Ryan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Leitrim, Co. Leitrim