School: Newtown (roll number 15531)
- Location:
- Newtown, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Eileen Hughes
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- The names in our district are known by different names such as The road from Roscommon to Ballinasloe and another main from the cross roads to Ahascragh, then there are four or five by-roads in our district some of them lead to a bog and others lead to people's houses. The road which leads to our house and our bog was made fifty five or fifty six years ago. The old roads in our district are still used.
There were roads made during the Famine times. There are no paths or by ways in our school(continues on next page)
