School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)

Location:
Derrymore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Uí hOistín
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  1. The names of the roads in our district are the Derrymore road, the Old Road, Leacta Road.
    Mamma na Ceasac Road.
    Derrymore Road leads to Westport. The Old Road leads to ???. Leacta road to Louisburgh. Leacta Road was made in 1934. The Old is made about 100 years.
    There was a woman living in ??? who made a mile of a road with her cleeve and she had to carry the gravle a half a mile or more on her back in the cleeve.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Tónra
    Gender
    Male