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School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

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Killacrim, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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    road. One of the bog roads is about twenty yards to the right of my house. It is about a mile in length. The other road is about a mile in length. It begins Patrick Enright's.
    All these roads were made about the famine time so as to give work to poor people who had nothing to eat. Most of the roads were made by people from other districts where the famine occured and their pay was sixpence a day.
    There are also a number of paths through the bog and those were made about one hundred and fifty years ago. There is one leading from my
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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
    Pádraig Bairéad
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killacrim, Co. Kerry