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School: Fothanach (roll number 7980)

Location:
Fohanagh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0043, Page 0109

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    1. The road leading from Fohenagh church to Kilconnell was made by the Wards of Doone in the year 1840. it was renewed twice since. At the cross-roads going to Kilconnell games such as dancing and pitching pennies would be played on certain Sundays. Every year when there would be a bonfire, the people would be out dancing until next morning.
    2. The road which leads from Annagh to Fohena is called the "high-road". Roads were made as relief work around here when the famine was nearly over. The men were paid tenpence a day. They used work from seven o'clock in the morning until dark in the evening. There is an old path going through our land into Hession's and out at the "high-road" at Staken's where Johnston the landlord lived long ago. It is an old belief that the landlord's turf used be drawn by that path. It is not much used now. There is an old mass path leading from John Curley's in Fohena to the church of Fohenagh. When the land was divided a few years ago stiles were made on the ditches to enable the people to cross.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Cahill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisnascreena, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Jimmy Miskell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doon Lower, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Martin Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilconnell, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Seán Kirwan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fohanagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fohanagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Miskell
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doon Lower, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Cahill
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnascreena, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Kenny
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilconnell, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Kirwan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fohanagh, Co. Galway