School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin

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Local Roads

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0411, Page 176

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The names of the roads I know best are the Mail road, the Ballinagar road, Muckenaugh road, the New road, Ballinegaragh road and the Monument road. The mail road leads from the Post Office in Lixnaw to Listowel. Ballinagar road leads from Lixnaw Cross to John Shea's house in Ballinagar. Muckenaugh road leads from the Creamery to the end of Muckenaugh. The New Road leads from the end of the Ballinagar road to Rattoo. Ballinegaragh road leads from Ballinegaragh to Tralee. It passes through Abbeydorney and the Monument road leads from the Black Cross to the end of Dysert. Some of these roads are very old such as Ballinagar road and the Mail road. There is not any road in my district which is not in use.
The New Road is only built about forty years ago and an old man

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Collector
Tom Foley
Gender
male
Address
Ballynagare, Co. Kerry
Informant
Mrs Kate Lovett
Gender
female
Age
82
Address
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Language
English