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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 322

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    and everyone brought a quill to the master and he would point it for them. The parents liked the Irish language.
    They wrote in copy books and carried them under their caps. There was no compulsory attendance act. They had no blackboard only a big flag and a shank of a pipe to write on them. They used rods for canes, but very seldom they were punished as they were very good.
    The Irish was called bramp as every county pronounced it in a different way.
    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
    Collector
    Penelope Durcan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryronan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Pat Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derryronan, Co. Mayo