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School: Bearna na Gaoithe (B.) Thomastown (roll number 5697)

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Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Seán Ó Haonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 177

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    The road leading from Callan to Carrick -on-Suir is now the main one which is very wide and fitting for traffic. It is called the New Line. It was made 89 years ago at the time of the public works. The old hill road is the one leading from Windgap to Lamogue which is still used. There is another old road which is not used for traffic nowadays. It leads from Dublin to Clonmel. It is through a part of this parish through Frankford, Ballygowan and through Kilmoganny between Kilkieran and Clonmel Binconi. The government started relief work after the famine. The work was making roads, building hospitals and work-houses. The people only got four pence per day working in those times and their diet.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Norris
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lamoge, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Patrick Norris
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Lamoge, Co. Kilkenny