School: Freshford (C.) (roll number 797)
- Location:
- Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Síle Ní Mheachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 346
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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. - There are many roads in Freshford the principal being :- Kilkenny Road which leads from Freshford to Kilkenny, the Ballyragget Road which leads from Freshford to Ballyragget, the Kilrush Road which leads to Urlingford and Johnstown and the Ballylarkin Road which also leads to Urlingford and Johnstown. The Ballylarkin Road was made during the Famine time, to give relief to some of the starving people. At the end of Kilkenny Street, there is a river with a bridge over it called the Hospital Bridge. There was a ford on this river long ago. There was also a ford on the Cascade river. Long ago when a woman was returning home and was crossing this ford on her(continues on next page)
