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School: Slane (C.) (roll number 4852)

Location:
Slane, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Josephine Cooney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0713, Page 292

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  1. Local Roads (continued)

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    them. The Commons Slane, the Little Wood, The Chapel Hill Slane and the Hill on the Main Drogheda road where men worked for four pence a day.
    One old man named Patrick Weldon who is now dead worked at this after the famine. The foreman was a Mr McKowin.
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  2. Local Roads

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    The road that passes my door is called the Navan Drogheda road and it was made about a hundred years ago. It is about fifteen English miles in length. It passes through very pretty districts. Ardmulchan, Beauparc and Rosnaree are three of them and there are many more. It is in good condition as it is tarred every year. Several small roads branch off from it. One in particular is the old Fennor road which is a short
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ita O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Thurstianstown, Co. Meath