School: Baile Idir Dhá Abhainn (roll number 13196)

Location:
Riverstown, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Ml. Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0180, Page 073

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    as there are many better roads running to Gleann now. This road also led to a "Mass Rock" which is in the townland of Drumcolumb.
    Down in the townland of Rockbrook there is an old road and it was there in the "Penal Times". It led to a "Mass Rock" over in Gleann. There were big ditches on its sides and the priests hid behind them when the "Red boats" were after them.
    During the Famine the Coach Road was made. This road runs from Sligo to Dublin. In olden times coaches ran on this road every day.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila T. O' Dowd
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardvarney, Co. Sligo