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School: Killeen, Granard (roll number 13752)

Location:
Killeen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
S. Ó Duibhgeanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0765, Page 480

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  1. The Local Roads (continued)

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    trunk road.
    The Lisryan road leads from the Edgeworthstown road to the Ballymorris road and it is a bye road.
    The Leitrim road leads from Feriskill road to the Tully road and the Tully road leads from Leitrim to the Edgeworthstown road.
    The Coolarty x road leads from Leitrim to Muckerstaff.
    The Leitrim, Coolarty, Tully roads were made in olden times and the Lisryan road and the Edgeworthstown road were made about the time of the Famine.
    When the people were making the Lisryan and the Edgeworthstown roads they had to work from dawn till dark and their pay was a penny a day.
    There is a path from our house to the Edgeworthstown road and there is also one
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Fagan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leitrim, Co. Longford