School: Streete (roll number 11656)

Location:
An tSráid, Co. na hIarmhí
Teacher:
Áine Finnegan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 161

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  1. There is an old road through our farm. It is unused now, and there are only a few bushes to show where it was.
    It passed through the townlands of Moatavalley, Gortanear and Kilmore. It joins one road at Moatavalley and joins another at Kilmore.
    Both ends of the old road are now used as lanes. At one end where a stream divides the unused part from the lane there used to be a bridge and it is said that Mr. Wilson got the bridge blown up, because he did not want people passing through his land.
    There is a path about a mile long through Daramona wood and it is called Serpentine Walk.
    When Mr. Wilson owned our land he got a path
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    1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
        1. infreastruchtúr poiblí
          1. bóithre (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sadie Anderson
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    An tSráid, Co. na hIarmhí