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School: Athboy (C.)

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Athboy, Co. Meath
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Brighid, Bean Uí Mhácháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 479

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  1. The Local Roads

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    The names of the local roads are, The Kells road. The Trim road. Frayne road. the Delvin road. The Hill of Ward. The Martinstown. The Kildalky.
    The Kells road leads from Athboy to Kells and Navan.
    The Trim road leads fror Athboy to Trim and Dublin.
    The Frayne road leads from Athboy to Dallybogan, Ballivor, and Mullingar. The Delvin road leads from Athboy to Delvin.
    The Martinstown road leads from Athboy to Kilskyre, and Clonmellon.
    The roads were made about 200 years ago and they are used still.
    The Hill of Ward and the Martinstown road are very old there are a lot of by-roads in the Hill of Ward that are very old.
    It is not known how long they are made but people say that it is about 500 years ago.
    People did work during the famine to get employment. The pay was ten-pence a
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Janet Farrell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath