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School: Springtown, Granard (roll number 8470)

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Springtown, Co. Longford
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Bríd Ní Dhála
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0765, Page 0567

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    Local Roads
    Our local road is a bye road. It is known as the Creevy road. It leads from Ballywillian to Cloughernal crossroads, a distance of about two miles, where it joins the new road from Longford Town to Cavan. This is a very old road. About one hundred years ago this road ran close to Creevy house which was owned by a landlord named Andrew Bell. He got this road moved out about fifteen perches from his house, and planted a row of trees from the Sru-han to the fattening field about one quarter of a mile. A great portion of these trees were cut down a few years ago. They so high that they formed an arch across the road, and thats
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Kiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creevy, Co. Longford