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School: Baile Gaedhealach (B.) (roll number 14808)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Míchael Ó Slatara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 78

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    (Account given by Mrs Bridget Kiggins aged 85 years)
    It is now about seventy five years ago since I first went to school. Although it is a long time I still can think of it and of the old school which was not to be compared with the school nowadays. The school that time consisted of a little tatched barn with one window to show light to it. The cow and calf belonging to the owner of the barn had to be driven out every morning before school started and a bundle of straw shaken on the floor. There was no fireplace in the school but the fire was put in a bucket and the chimney was no better than a hole in the roof to let out the smoke.
    I was about ten years of age when I went with my brother Paddy to a school
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Kiggins
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    86
    Address
    Burris, Co. Mayo