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School: Cluainín (roll number 13231)

Location:
Cloneen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 076

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    the week to go and return.
    The Drangan Road is also on the East end, and faces north for the village of Drangan. The old people call it the new road; probably it was made the same time as the Fethard road.
    About half a mile from the village a road leads on around the mountain. There is a fine three eyed bridge crossing the river Anner. It is called Melbourne Bridge and it was built at the time that Lord Melbourne was prime minister of England. Some time about the year 1858, one of the mason's lost his life in the building of that bridge, and he was buried in Cloneen church yard.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Keane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloneen, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Miss Annie Noonan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    71
    Address
    Cloneen, Co. Tipperary