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School: Banada (B.) (roll number 14304)

Location:
Banada, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Sr. Mac Dhuarcáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0173, Page 015

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    Local Roads
    There are a good deal of roads in my townland. One of the roads is about three hundred years old. When the people were making the roads that time the men used to get two-pence a day. The men used to come very far to help to make the roads. There is a road about three quarters of a mile long and there is no traffic on it. Half of it was made in the years of the Famine. It is getting closed in with bushes now. There are big heaps of stones thrown on it. At one side it is closed with bushes and briars. Every year that the weather is fine the old grass and briars are burned. The people
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Prionsías Ó Conaill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortermone, Co. Sligo