School: Rooskey (roll number 4800)

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   Local Roads.
   Mr. Patrick McGuire of Rooskey paerish of Killglass told me about the local roads. He told me about Derraguna road usually called Derraguna Lane. It leads from the main road down to the Shannon. There is a house on the lane called the pleasure house. It is said that a King lived in it in olden times.
   He also told me about the bog road. It leads from the main road to Sligo into the village of Ballinamuck. It is called the bog road because a bog runs with the road on each side the railway runs across the road.
   The wood road runs from the main road to Dromod. It runs through a wood called Caimagulla wood. There is a field beside the wood called The Infirmary because people were buried in it in the time of the Famine.

   Mary Moran,
   Ruskey,
   Co. Roscommon.
   2nd May '38

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. public infrastructure
            1. roads (~2,778)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Moran

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Roosky, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Mr Patrick Mc Guire

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Roosky, Co. Roscommon