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School: Ráth Ó gCormaic (B.), Carraig na Siúire

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Rathgormuck, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Mícheál Mac Créigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0655, Page 190

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  1. Old Roads (continued)

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    Bearna Road.
    Bearna Road is breaking out below the New cottages in Monadiha. The road was coming out from the village that was in Kilbrack. There is another part of the road breaking out about a mile and a half below Tunneys Cross on the "Glen Road. But what was too awkward for the people in the village so they broke out that road there and that is the reason it got its name "Bearna Road".
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  2. Old Roads

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    There is a road going from Rathgormack to Windgap and there is a portion of this called Bóthar na mBanbaí because a sow and bonhams are supposed to have appeared there.
    In olden times the fences were heavily timbered with every kind of trees especially holly trees and some of them still remain. Some of the people began to cut and steal these trees but one
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam de Paor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockalafalla, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Eamon de Paor
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Knockalafalla, Co. Waterford