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School: Nutgrove (roll number 10126)

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Mullagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Emily Ní Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0482, Page 410

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    About a quarter mile south of my house is Newbridge Cross, and from that cross there are roads leading south to Rathkeale, and north to Askeaton, and east to Adare, and west turning south to NewCastle West is Slugaragh Road so called from the soft, boggy, and marshy land on it's sides.
    There was once a path from Askeaton to Rathkeale. It commenced at the old mill in Askeaton, and continued on through the lands of Ballinacara, and Milltown and Altavilla, and then it crossed the road at Newbridge, and on through Scart, and the Campfield, and it travelled from the Campfield to the main road to Rathkeale.
    The most ancient road in west Limerick commences at the Ferry Bridge, outside Limerick City (there is still a portion of it in
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Dan Hishon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    47
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Graigoor, Co. Limerick