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School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)

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Milltown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 463

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    There are many roads in my district, namely Whylam road, Dunmurry road, The Radley road etc.
    They are all very old roads but they are still used for traffic.
    Those roads are over a century made. There is a cross-roads called the Bullring in my locality and it was a great place for the game of Pitch and Toss in days gone by.
    There are many old paths and byways in my locality also.
    Those are used for short-cuts through fields and bogs and such places.
    Before roads were made rivers were crossed by means of fords and very often a lot of people used to meet at those places and they used to play some old game
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Heffernan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grangecommon, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    John Heffernan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Grangecommon, Co. Kildare