School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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- (continued from previous page)Dublin one time
I got this information from my father
Signed J Power
Barnacrow
Newbridge
Co. Kildare - There are many roads in my district, namely Whylam road, Dunmurry road, The Radley road etc.
They are all very old roads but they are still used for traffic.
Those roads are over a century made. There is a cross-roads called the Bullring in my locality and it was a great place for the game of Pitch and Toss in days gone by.
There are many old paths and byways in my locality also.
Those are used for short-cuts through fields and bogs and such places.
Before roads were made rivers were crossed by means of fords and very often a lot of people used to meet at those places and they used to play some old game(continues on next page)- Collector
- Joe Heffernan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Grangecommon, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- John Heffernan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Grangecommon, Co. Kildare