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School: Doirín Árd, Béal Átha an Dá Chab (roll number 15969)

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Cappagh More, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Dubhgáin
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    There is a road from Ballybawn to Ballydehob. It was made the year after the famine with bushes and stones thrown down on bushes. The people that made it are very old now because they got no money. They had to go round to the houses for money to buy their bread.
    The ganger they had was Michael Callaghan who got killed in Wexford a few years ago. It was made very narrow. Before they it, it was a wide path where cows and horses used go through. Then the people called it Bóthar Cam and after it was called Bóthar Nua.
    It was only made from the cross below the shop into Ballydehob as the people of the district weren't able to supply them with money. They used start at eight o'clock in the morning and stay working until dark.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballybane West, Co. Cork