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1. How the Tea Road got Its Name - The Tea Road Connects Cuskinny with Ballynoe Bridge

   

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   How the Tea Road got its Name ( The Tea Road connects Cuskinny with Ballynoe Bridge)

   
   Long ago it was the custom among Landlords and wealthy people in the neighbourhood of Cobh to meet each other and entertain each other to tea parties. Now every Sunday it was the custom of the French Family at Cuskinny to visit the mansion of Lord Barrymore at Fota (or vica versa) This entailed a long journey through the village of Ballymore. In order to obviate this the parties agreed to construct the present throughfare popularly known as The Tea Road.

   
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   Liam Smyth
   Bellvue
   Cobh

   Mr Bernard Stack
   14 Lower Midleton St
   Cobh

   

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   Mr Bernard Stack, mason and stonecutter began his career as an apprentice in the erection of the beautiful Gothic Cathedral of Cobh. The Cathedral took sixty years to build and at the end of that time was still hale and hearty. It was he who placed the cross on the spire on its completion. The following is one of many strange incidents which occurred during the erection of the edifice.

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   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr George Smyth

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cóbh, Co. Cork