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School: An Currach Mór (roll number 7707)

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Curragh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 309

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    be accounted for. One road called the "New-Line" was made in the famine time. The men worked for two pence a day. They also got meal. Those who worked with horses and carts got six pence a day. Then at the end of the week they got a stone of meal. Oaten bread was made from the meal. The bread had to last a family one week.
    The men had to work from dawn till dark. They had to make bridges across rivers. The bridges were made from timber. The cut the trees in the forest with a hatchet. They had to carry them from
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Finneran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cuilsallagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Fahy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cuilsallagh, Co. Galway