School: Gortnaskeagh (roll number 16321)

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1. Local Roads (continued)

   

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   the school district. They are called "The Footsteps". There are no traditions or stories told about fords. People gather together at a crossroads to pitch and toss pence. There is a Mass path in Ballinabul along which the people long ago went to Mass at the Mass rock. The grass is growing on it now. It is not a very long path.

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2. Song

   “O Lurganboy is a pretty place”

   

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   I
   O Lurganboy is a pretty place
   It's equal cannot be found
   For you could not match its scenery
   In al lthe country round.
   II
   Near Lurganboy there lives
   Of beauty and renown
   Her matchless make it suit the place
   She is the maid of sweet Miltown.
   III
   It was in Manorhamilton

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