Old Roads

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Abstract: Story collected by Mary Mac Kenna, a student at Cor Dubh school (Corduff, Co. Monaghan) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0934/1/26

Flood, Mrs [Teacher]

Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht [Funder]

University College Dublin [Funder]

National Folklore Foundation [Funder]
Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann [Funder]

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County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Monaghan Schools

COLLECTOR: Kenna, Mary Mac
Gender: female

Story text TEI

transcribed at

The Old Roads [duchas:4715737]

The old road was the main coach road leading from Dublin to Derry. In those days there were no railways trains bicycles buses or trams only coaches for going long journeys.
The coach was drawn by four or six horses.Every ten miles the coach travelled they changed the horses. They changed in Carrickmacross and Castleblaney. In those days they did not go often on long journeys only on urgent business because there were highway robbers going round. They stopped the coaches and took all the money and everything they had.
The coach was stopped once on the old road at Bogtown cross.

Resource description

Origin information: Corduff, Co. Monaghan
Date created: 1937-11-11
Type of Resource: text
Physical description: p. 062
Volume 0934
Note: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mrs Flood.
Languages: English eng
Genre: Folktale
Subject: Roads linked data (lcsh); Roads--Bóithre
School location: Corduff An Chorr Dhubh Corduff Magheross Farney Monaghan
Location: https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4727788
Location: University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .
Original reference: 0934/1/26
Suggested credit: "The Old Roads"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4727788>
Note: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mrs Flood.
Funding: Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source: Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.