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School: Cloneygall

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Clonegall, Co. Carlow
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P. Ó Síothcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0911, Page 082

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    Local Old Roads
    Written by Patrck Nolan of Abbeydown Clonegal age 50, Farmer.
    I daresay that when starting to wrie on local roads it is not necessary to menton our modern highways but to go into the old by-was used by our fore-fathers before the age of etrol, trodden by the feet of Saints and Pilgrims perhaps by Kern and Gallowglass warriors and nobles.
    Two such roads ran trough
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Abbeydown, Co. Wexford