School: Coolfore (roll number 10700)
- Location:
- Coolfore, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Ó Cuanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 320
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- There is an old road that runs through Killarue on through Lough - Eagish and on to Ballybay and on to Derry. It is opposite direction the same road runs from Killarue towards Carrickmacross and goes in by the Gallows hill. This road is still used locally but not for motor traffic. It was the mail coach road in the olden times and it was on this road that Collier the robber took two thousand guineas from a man called Rowland a tax gatherer. There is an other road called the Ballybay road. It was made in the bad times by the Board of works and it was told that there were hundreds of men working there in the bad times at four and five shillings a week. This road leads on to Cootehill, Ballybay and Castleblayney. This road was made before the Famine times. From the old road in Killarue there runs a Mass path from Peast in the parish of Carrick to Lisdoonan Church in Donaghmoyne. It is used by the people(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Hamilton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greaghnaroog, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- James Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Greaghlane, Co. Monaghan
