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School: Faithche (Buachaillí)

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Fahy More, Co. Mayo
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Mícheál Ó Cinnéide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0087, Page 354

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    at Gortnaclassagh. This road was well formed and well laid out about twenty feet wide and about two miles long, passing through the townland of Druimgoony and Gortnaclassagh.
    Through the old villages of Druim - na - Hohial, Bool Inary and and Derryummera to the main road between Newport and Castlebar. It was made under a relief scheme. The men who worked on it were paid thus. There were two large boilers erected on a great fire a few hundred apart which, boiled Indian meal gruel. Each worksman got a small tin of gruel each day and that is the wages he earned for his
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Gravin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortnaclassagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Gravin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnaclassagh, Co. Mayo