Thank you Vi for this story. It allows me to envision the work my great grandfather Willy Bannon did. He built many of the roads and small bridges in there area which are still in use today. Ellen in Fl On Friday, May 29, 2015 1:36 PM, Viola Wiggins via <fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> wrote: At the time it was established roads probably did not exist, only foot pads. Probable reason for it being so close to the water was that the materials came by boat or Cot. The coffin would probably be carried from the home with changes of people carrying. There might have been a roughly constructed walkway but I doubt that it would carry carts or vehicles. My father told me that on boggy ground a foundation of sticks and branches was first laid. Then a layer of "Scraw" laid over that, followed by stones and limestone gravel and "blinding" put on the top of that. He remembered the present road from the Hanging Rock to Blacklion, which replaced the Old Coach Road, being build in that manner. That would be in the late 1800s. The old road went through our farm and is now almost invisible but if one looks the old double hedges still exists in places. That old road used to bypass Blacklion and come out at the Red Lion near the Dowra Cross. Viola

Ahhh... so he's be responsible for the potholes so.... If he hadn't built roads then they wouldn't have potholes! DH On 06/06/2015 16:29, Ellen Brown via wrote: > Thank you Vi for this story. It allows me to envision the work my great grandfather > Willy Bannon did. He built many of the roads and small bridges in there area which are still in > use today. > Ellen in Fl --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Not so different I'm thinking than the way people thousands of years ago built crannogs. Janet C On 6/6/15 11:29 AM, Ellen Brown wrote: > On Friday, May 29, 2015 1:36 PM, Viola Wiggins via<fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > At the time it was established roads probably did not exist, only foot pads. > Probable reason for it being so close to the water was that the materials came by boat or Cot. > The coffin would probably be carried from the home with changes of people carrying. > There might have been a roughly constructed walkway but I doubt that it would carry carts or vehicles. > My father told me that on boggy ground a foundation of sticks and branches was first laid. Then a layer of "Scraw" laid over that, followed by stones and limestone gravel and "blinding" put on the top of that. > He remembered the present road from the Hanging Rock to Blacklion, which replaced the Old Coach Road, being build in that manner. That would be in the late 1800s. > The old road went through our farm and is now almost invisible but if one looks the old double hedges still exists in places. That old road used to bypass Blacklion and come out at the Red Lion near the Dowra Cross. > Viola > >