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School: Christ Church, Castlebar (roll number 14358)

Location:
Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A. C. Ní Mhaitiú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0154, Page 234

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    Local Roads
    Long ago people used to make the roads out of trees and sticks. They they got more advanced and made them out of stone. Then they built the stones up as a wall. The people made cement then and plastered the stones with it. Then they put small stones again and they put sand over that again. Long ago people, working on the road only got eight pence a day and they thought that a lot. The name of the man who told me this is Tomas Jordan. He said his father told him
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eva Carson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloontybaunan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tomas Jordan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carheens, Co. Mayo