School: Curratavy

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   Carraig na grow in the time of the famine. It is said that the people died on the stones when making this road. Long ago dances were held at the cross-roads. The music was supplied with the flutes made out of the ‘Country” branch. As well as dances being held here, they were also known as the ‘centres of story telling’. The men used to gather there and tell stories and have a chat on ‘the times’
   Before any bridges we made here, planks were put over a shallow place on the river. There was a ‘hand rail’ on each side of the plank to prevent one falling. At shallow places ‘stepping stones’ were also lined across.
   Róise Ní Sámhrain
   Rang a seacht
   Received from my father James Mc Govern
   Currugnflynn

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. public infrastructure
            1. roads (~2,778)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Róise Ní Sámhrain

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Corneenflynn, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   James Mc Govern

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Corneenflynn, Co. Cavan