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School: Kilrush (roll number 14039)

Location:
Ballynaberney, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
C. E. Kidd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0895, Page 271

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    The Local Roads
    The principal roads round my home are known as the Ferns Road, the Ballyroebuck Road, the Curraduff Road and the Carnew Road. These roads lead respectively from Ballyroebuck to Ferns, back from the Ferns Road through the centre of Ballyroebuck, from the Ballyroebuck Road to Kilrush at Parnells Cross and from Ballyroebuck to Carnew.
    I have enquired from my Dad and he says these are all very old roads. The only new road he knows of is the in Ballycarney and it is called the New Line
    A boy who comes to this school named Robert Masterson says that his father says that it was made in the time of the Famine to give work
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sonny Pierce
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyroebuck, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Wm. Pierce
    Gender
    Male