School: Coill Chláir (roll number 14276)
- Location:
- Kilclare, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Treasa Ní Oibeacáin
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The roads in olden were called "borairins". Some of them are made two or three hundred years. There is a "byroad" from Ballinwing cross-roads to Kiltoghert Cemetery. There is a path from Mullasallagh hill to the Sheafield forts and is called "The Fairies Path". The roads were made to give work in the Famine times, and it is said that some of the roads were not finished until a few years ago.
- The oldest road in my district is that which leads from Kilclare to Drumshanbo. No person knows how long it is made. It is called the "Hilly road". There is an old path leading through Aughakilmore(continues on next page)
