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School: Cluain Dá Iomaire (roll number 14801)

Location:
Cloondahamper (Brown), Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0080, Page 337

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    Long ago when people were making roads they got very bad pay. The old people say they only got from four pence to ten pence a day. There is a small village called Ceade in this place. There is a little bridge in this village and it is said that every time you pass it is lucky to bless yourself.
    The old people say that there was a old man seen standing on top of the bridge every night after eleven o'clock and nowadays there is a light seen around that place. Long ago the women had to work very hard making roads with the men. There is a old path in the village of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Miskell
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Miskell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Cloondahamper (Blake), Co. Galway