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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0912, Page 181

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    There are various names on roads in district :- such as "The Red Lane" and Arragower Road and the Back road which leads to Roundwood, and the Main Road also leads to Roundwood.
    Smiths Avenue is called after Mr Smith who lived in the middle of it.
    There is the "Old Long Hill" on the Back Road which the Old people used travel long ago before the new one was built. There is a narrow path leading across Mr Stoke's land and it is so flat, that it is supposed to have been a little lorry which used to run along there with "Pancakes" on Pancake night selling them. It is a short cut to the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Sutton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glasnamullen, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mrs Sutton
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Glasnamullen, Co. Wicklow