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School: Caiseal (roll number 16085)

Location:
Cashel, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Mághnuis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0122, Page 259

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    The people long ago used to go to a barn school in Oldcastle Meelick Swinford and they were taught by Owen Máistigh. Owen used to teach them how to write and read the alphabet.
    They wrote with a quill or a burned piece of bogdeal or the shank of a clay pipe. They had no blackboards but a large flag raised up against the wall. They had no seats but a block of a rough form made of timber from the wood. The master (and) used to wear a grey flannel waistcoat and knee breeches, long stockings and shoes. The children used to wear grey flannel petticoats and troicínís to keep the cold from their feet.
    They used to make their
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Nolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cashel, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Nolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryronan, Co. Mayo