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School: Béal an Dá Chab (roll number 14225)

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Ballydehob, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Risteárd O Lighin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0290, Page 243

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    Old Roads.
    The road leading from the ruined workhouse at Schull through the gap of Mount Gabriel and connecting at Laharn with the road from Ballydehob to Dunbeacon was constructed in the year 1838. Previos to the construction of this road a path led through the lowest part of the valley between Mount Gabriel and Leiter Hill over the gap and went went straight down the nothernside. About ten years before the construction of this road a wood was planted at the northern side of Mount Gabriel level with the gap.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Lyons
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Skull, Co. Cork
    Informant
    William Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Skull, Co. Cork