School: Killoscully, Newport (roll number 12029)
- Location:
- Cill Ó Scolaí, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Mrs. Julia Bourke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 231
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- In the old days when the men were plenty & neighbourly men were to be had for any job which was wanted.
Sometime as many as 50 men were at the making of a bound's ditch.
At the threshing of corn and chawing of hay we still see meithalls but not in such great numbers.
- There are many old roads in this locality some of them now extinct. There is an old road leading from Kennedys Lough across Killeen still & opening onto the Glown Road at Killeen. There is another old road from Killoscully to Ballinahinch by Ballycahane. Another road branches off Killoscully village and leads to Aughaveher, Bearnabawn & Maryglen.Mass Paths
There are several Mass Paths in this locality. Some are a kind of double-ditch on which two or more people could walk abreast. There is one going past Killoscully Catholic Church to the Mulcair River.(continues on next page)
