School: Cor Bealaigh

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1. The Roads (continued)

   

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   places on this road there were no bridges. It was the road running round the coast. The coast road was not very good for traffic to run on, because there was a lot of hills on it. So they made this road.
   Int he places where there was no bridges they crossed on stepping stones. No body in this district remembers when it was made. They said it was about a hundred years ago. the men that used to repair it, were not well paid they would only get fourpence-halfpenny a day. Sometimes when there was no money to be got they would give them meal.
   In 1914 it was steamrolled and from that out it was a good road. In certain places on it there is ghosts to be seen.
   The Muingwar road was not always there. It was a Boohraine. it was a very hard road made and it leads to the townland of Stookane.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Agatha Herbert

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Corbally, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mrs Queenan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Corbally, Co. Sligo