Abstract: Story collected by a student at Cnapach (Crappagh) school (Crappagh, Co. Monaghan) from informant David Wales.
Original reference: 0949/3/25
School Cnapach (Crappagh) [Vol. 0949, Chapter 0003]
County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Monaghan Schools
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The road which goes past the school ( Crappagh Rd.) now, was at one time an old bog-pass. All around the school was bog and there was a lake behind it where the bog and marsh are now. David Wales of Crappagh, who is around 70 years of age says that his father cut turf on the stand of the school at one time. The Knockcor Rd was also a pass for carts into Knockcor Bog. The main road at that time ran past Mr Morton's, Mr. Wales'and McPhillip's houses. They are situated about 3 or 4 hundred yards from Crappagh Rd. now. The remains of the old road can be seen in some of their fields yet. It is like an old dis-used lane. Crappagh Rd. was made about 80 years ago. Alex McCartney, long since dead, made the ditches for the road. The Avenue leading to Annagh-ma-Kerrig Hse. owned by Mrs. Guthrie and once belonging to her father, Sir W. Power. was at one time the main road leading to Dublin. All the traffic went that way. In order to prevent so much traffic on the Avenue, Sir
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William had a road made leading to Doohat P.O. It is called the New Line. Matthew McPhillip's of Kilnaharvey, Newbliss, and his father helped to make the New Line. Matthew died about seven years ago and was then 70 years of age. A man named Blakely was the surveyor at the time. He took a great fancy to a fine horse that Sir William had and wanted to buy it from him, but Sir William refused to sell it. As result Blakely made him draw several extra loads of stones for the road, more than were needed. Tom's Rd. - called after a man named Tom McLoughlin, whose house was along side it runs thro' Knockcor Bog. It lead from the main road. All the carts going to the bog used to go Tom's Rd. The ruins of Tom's house can still be seen. Feagh Rd. This is now an old lane running through the townlands of Feagh and Drumshannon and is called the Yellow Lane. At one time it was part of the Rd. to Dublin. There is a house in Newbliss, still called The Inn and it was there that the horses used to be changed on the journey between Clones and Ballybay. Got from David Wales - around 70 years of age Crappagh Newbliss
Original reference: 0949/3/25
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