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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
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Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 239

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  1. The Local Roads

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    There is an old road called the "Green Road" in this district. It got this name owing to all the green grass that is growing on it. It leads from Thomas Leydon's cross-roads to Smutterna. There is another road leading from Knockvicar to the "Green Road" which was made in the Famine Times. In those days the men got ten pence only for their days wages. They got a small sum of money for the making of the road.
    There was a road made in the Famine Times called the "Stirabout Road". It got that name because the men that made it got stirabout
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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
    Maureen Mc Keon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreenaseer, Co. Roscommon