School: Castletowngeoghegan (B.) (roll number 2092)

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1. Old Roads (continued)

   

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   funeral was passing by a cross-roads long ago it always was stopped and the people said the De Profundis. There is a cross on the road near Dysart where a man was killed of a motor-bicycle. The man's name was Sherlock. There is an old road running through Brennanstown in Middleton park near the house of Michael Higgins a herd in Middleton and on the side of the road near the herds house there are three heaps These heaps of stones are said to be erected over the graves of those captains of the Confederate Army that were killed there.

   

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2. Local Roads

   

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   There is a road going from the Hill of Keel to the village of Ballinagore. It is called the Ballinagore road. It is called the Ballinagore road because it runs through the district of Ballinagore. There is a Mass-path running from the Ballyhast road to Garthy. When the people of Garthy are coming to Mass or to the village of Castletown they always come by that path. There is another path from John Corrigan's over to Fagan's and

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   J. Hyland

   Informant

   T. Crunnigan

   Address

   Adamstown, Co. Westmeath