School: Mong, Thomastown (roll number 5201)

Location:
Mungmacody, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 038

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  1. The local roads around my district are:-
    Pavement, Screen, Newline, Borkile, Stookhill, Yellowladder, Dobbins mill, The Pavement is so called because once upon a time it was paved with big stones and those can be seen to the present day.
    The Screen is so called because it is closed in with trees. There are a thick line of trees along at each side of the road and the tops of them are meeting overhead. It is a very beautiful shady road in the summer time. It leads from Bossroe to Inistiogue. It is a fairly narrow road.
    The Newline leads from Blessingtown to Shamrock Lodge. It is so called because it is a newly made road and it is straight.
    Stookhill leads from Coppanagh to Dungarvan it is so called because it
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Murren
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    R. Walsh
    Gender
    Unknown
    Age
    60
    Address
    Mungmacody, Co. Kilkenny