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Unread 06-01-2010, 21:17   #11
shanahap
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Gotta be Boombridge without a doubt - for years passing by it on the Sligo train I didn't even realise it was a station in service, of course these days I see the station name signs. In Irish it of course Drochead na Scuab ... Drochead na Scobe sounds more like it!
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Droichead na Scobe - love it!

Apparently Broome was one of the directors of the company that built the Royal Canal. Is Scuab really the irish translation for Mr Broome?
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