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School: Inistioge (C.) (roll number 5319)

Location:
Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máire de Róiste
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 248

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 248

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  1. History (continued)

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  2. The Local Roads

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    The main road in this district is the road leading from Kilkenny to Wexford. The Local roads are the Rock road, Ballyduff road, Tailors road and Killeen road.
    The tools that the men used making the roads were picks and shovels. They used to buy the meal in the mill near to where Anna Doyle is living now. They had to pay eight pence for two pound of it and that would have to do them for a week. They would not be able to buy any more because they only had four pence
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