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School: Kilgobnet

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Kilgobnet, Co. Kerry
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Séamus Ó Cinneide; Ellen Foley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0471, Page 396

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  1. Old Roads

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    There are several old roads in the district The Keel Road is a road leading from the Shanacluan Road to the "board of work" and going through Keel and Shanacluan. It is not known when it was made.
    There is a bóirrín leading from the Shanacluain roads to the back of Shanacluain called Pórasín a Crónaigh. All the funerals long ago from Keel and Shanacluan had to go through that bóirrín.
    The Kilgobnet road leading from the Gloshuin bridge to the Cooleanig road.
    During the bad times men worked on the roads and they got sixpence a day.
    People would
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Anne Coffey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kill, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Timothy Coffey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kill, Co. Kerry