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School: Athboy (C.)

Location:
Athboy, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Mhácháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 480

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  1. The Local Roads (continued)

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    day.
    There is a short-cut for the people in the station. Its from the river up along the back of the town out on to the Kildalky road people go to Mass this way.
    The poor people used to take of their shoes and walk over the river. But some of the rich people used to have special planks of wood put across the river for them to cross the rivers before bridges.
    There is a heap of stone out the Kells road it is where a man was murdered his name was Lord Chamblistawn,
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  2. The Local Roads

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    The local names for the roads are The Kells road leads to Athboy and Navan. The Trim road leads to Dublin and Trim. the Martinstown road leads to
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tess Cassidy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Thomas Cassidy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath