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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 01_050

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    Tavanagh Road which is eastof this school is 1,000 years old. It leads from Bohola to Balla. It was the only approach to Balla from this direction until the famine years when the Prizon Rd. running from Ballyvary to Balla was made.
    It was on the Tavanagh Road that funerals went to Balla. The coffins were carried on ropes. This road is still used.
    Beside this road there were many boreens, which were very very bad namely:- the bun-buide boreen
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    Tavanagh "
    Prizon "
    Cregg "
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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
    Mary A. O' Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patsy Ausboro
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Address
    Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo