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School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)

Location:
Lanesborough, Co. Longford
Teacher:
E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 074

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  1. Local Roads (continued)

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    Ballinakill. The rate of pay was from sixpence to threepence per day. The women used to break the stones. There is an old road leading to Rathcline named Daly's hill it was called so because a family named Daly lived on it.
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  2. Local Roads

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    There are some very old roads around Lanesboro' in the Parish of Rathcline. Lanesboro' was a very important place in ancient times. It is built on the Shannon midway between Longford and Roscommon. There was a fortress on the Roscommon side of the Shannon owned by the King of Connaught and about two miles from it, on the Leinster side
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnacor, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mr John Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    34
    Address
    Barnacor, Co. Longford