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1. Local Roads (continued)

   

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   paid by the day. There was an old road through Mr Cahill's land. It goes on out by the Erry hills and along the railway. It is used from Pat Minnock's house. It was an old coach-road. There is a road leading into the bog called Poll Bree. It was made by a man named Hornidge in 1838. He was evicted and there were several little lanes leading to his land. He stopped all the lanes and made one road. There is a road leading from Daly's of the cross-roads into Clara called the Togher. It was made a hundred years ago.

   

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2. Mass Paths

   

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   There is a Mass Path from Joe Shanley's house to the Chapel. There is also a path from the Bawn. All the people use it. There are two paths leading from Castletown. One leading from Coffee's and the other from Connolly's. The latter is seldom used

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Bracken

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Buaile na nDrisneach, Co. Uíbh Fhailí