School: Baile na Martra (B.) (roll number 13647)

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1. The Local Roads

   

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   In the olden times there was a man killed at Joyce's gate Ballindinas and there was a big wooden cross erected in his memory. The hospital boreen was a bye road long ago. It was also kept in repair by the people living in Dower. There are two paths down Mr W. Henessey's field at Castlemartyr called the holy paths. It was belong to Aherns long ago and they had a big well in one field. It was said that people used do rounds there on the fifteenth of August. Mass was celebrated there in the penal times. The well is closed in now.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Master John Dwyer

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Killeagh, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs Dwyer

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   50

   Occupation

   Labourer's wife

   Address

   Killeagh, Co. Cork

2. The Local Roads

   

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   The following are the names of the roads in my townland. The "High Road" leads from Dungourney to Mogeely station. The old road was the direct road to Midleton from Dungourney before the new line was made in the famine times

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