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School: Johnstown (B.) (roll number 2918)

Location:
Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0869, Page 040

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  1. The Local Roads

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    There are five roads leading from Johnstown. They are, the Urlingford Raod, the Kilkenny Road, the Canal Road, and the New Line.
    The Urlingford road leads from Johnstown through the village to Cork. The Kilkenny Rd lead to Kilkenny city. The Dublin Rd leads into all the villages which are on the road to Dublin. The New Line leads to Rathdowney. The Spa road breaking away from the Kilkenny Rd leads to a very famous old Spa. It is believed by old people of the district that a river was once was running at each side of the Canal Rd. Now at present there is only one running through the road. The river was supposed to bigin in Gatha-bawn flowing through Ballyspellan and then Grange and Foulkscourt meeting the main river there.
    When the New Line road was made this river was
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick O' Rourke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny