School: Sisters of Charity Convent N.S., Bealach an Doirín

Location:
Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
An tSr. Seosamh Ní Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 497

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    "Old Ballaghaderreen"
    About the year 1825 there was a wood stretching from Edmonstown to Castlemore and there was a way cut through the wood to make the Stage Coach road. This is how Ballaghadereen got its name.
    A few years later a family named Reids settled down by the Coach road, and the town grew around them. From the Court House to Durry's corner was a bog and residents of the town have seen turf cut there. Between Duff's hardware and Flannery's corner there was an
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Towey
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Towey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doogary, Co. Roscommon