The River Allow

John's Bridge
The Stepping Stones

The river Allow rises about eight miles north west of Freemount at
Mullaghareirk, flowing into the parish at Raheen bridge. It eventually

The Old Road

The Old Road

Until the beginning of the 18th Century, ‘The Old Road’ (from
Freemount to Tullylease) was the main road from Newcastle West to

Freemount in 1837


One of the great sources of information on Ireland is ‘A Topographical
Dictionary of/re/and’ published in two volumes in 1837 by Samuel