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School: Eidhneadh, Inis (roll number 14622)

Location:
Inagh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Ss. Mac Gearachaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0612, Page 294

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    294
    That was the very first year that this road was ever made .In the year nineteen sixteen it was steam-rolled by the Granger Brothers from Belfast.
    Information by Mary Glynn.
    Annagh ,Inagh
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    That was the very first year that this road was ever made .In the year nineteen sixteen it was steam-rolled by the Granger Brothers from Belfast.
    Information by Mary Glynn.
    Annagh ,Inagh
    John Curtin ,62
    Ruska,
    Inagh
    The Maghera Road leads from Inagh to Maghera and Kilnamona.it is the oldest road in the district and it is all hills and hollows ;one of the hollows is called Gleann a' Bhóthair .After about two miles and a half of this road there is a crosscalled locally "The Cross of Maghera"but the most familiar name is "Árd a' Mhachaire " .It is said that the friars who lived at Ruska had a little hut near this cross a little time after leaving the monastery at Ennis .From this cross three roads besides beside the Maghera road branch off to other places .The Mill's Road goes from (the Cross) "Árd a' Mhachaire to "Maurice's Mills".This is a small village consisting of a Police Barricks, a Post Office(and)
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Mary Hegarty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Informant
    John Hegarty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Maghera, Co. Clare