School: Talbhain (Irish Wastelands Society) (roll number 4013)
- Location:
- An Cnoc Maol Thoir, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fhearghail
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- The local roads are known as the Wasteland road, the Derrybrien road and the Ballinakill road.
The Wasteland road leads through Derrynamucka and Loughatorick and on into C. Clare. The Derrybrine and Ballakill road is the main road from Gort to Portumna which are twenty four miles apart. Parts of the road on by Derrybrine are very sheltry and some parts are very bleak without any shelter. There is a new plantation beside the Ballinakill road where all the old trees are cut down and new ones planted. My father does not know when the Wasteland road was made but he tells me my great grandfather worked during the famine period for twopence a day on the Wasteland road on(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maureen Gormely
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doirín na Muice, Co. na Gaillimhe