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School: Tobar Ruadh

Location:
Toberroe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Cinnéide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0187

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  1. Roads of My District

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    There are a lot of old roads in my district that were made the time of the famine.
    There is a little road about a mile from my house and it is supposed that it was made the time of the famine. The people call it "Bóthar an tSídeógín Bháin".
    It got this name long ago because a man was crossing a field coming home and as he was crossing this drain he saw a white bird down in it. Then he was knocked three times and he did not see anyone and then he heard some one saying Sídeógín Bhán and ever since that it is called Bóthar an tSídeógín Bháin.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Tommy Concannon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Deerpark, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Tommy Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Kilshanvy, Co. Galway