School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)

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1. Ballyaghayague Bridge (continued)

   

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   a tree planted one each side had branches meeting in the middle. Persons could cross from one tree to another. The bridge is narrow - barely wide enough for one vehicle. Some people used to say that it was Bealach dhá Ghé being so narrow that only 2 geese could walk abreast on it.

   There is no evidence that it was Bealach dhá Dhéag meaning that there were originally 12 arches in it. There were never more than 9 arches on it - as at present.

   
   Patrick Walsh
   Bracklagh
   Ballymoe

   

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2. Making the Ballaghayague Road

   

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   Making the Ballahayague Road. This road was made sometime during or before the Famine - perhaps about 1842. I heard my mother say that some of the workers on this - a relief scheme came a distance. She and my father let some of them stay in their house at night. They ate two meals each as follows

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   M. Quinn

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir

   Informant

   Mrs Brigid Quinn

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   82

   Address

   Bracklagh, Co. Galway