Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - road/trackway
Ballaghcullia, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballaghcullia
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- RO015-058----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The townland name Ballaghculla means 'the road (pass) of the wood' and there is a local tradition of a road in it, according to J. O'Donovan writing in the 1830s (O'Flanagan, 1931 vol.1, 71). However, it was not encountered.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1931 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Roscommon collected during the progress of the
Ordnance Survey in 1837. Bray.
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