School: Crowenstown

Location:
Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
M. Ní Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 316

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 316

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    some very old roads in the district, and they are all still in use. It is said that Stonestown road was made as relief work during the Famine period.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. There are some roads in the district over two hundred years old, and they are still used. It is said that Stonestown road was made as relied work during the Famine period, and the people who worked at it got two pence a day and some food, or four pence a day without food.
    There are Mass paths in the district. There is one from Loughlinstown over through the fields to our house, and from that down through Raroon bog into Delvin, but it is not used now.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    James Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath