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School: Sean-Bhaile Mór (roll number 15817)

Location:
Shanballymore, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Donnabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0037, Page 173

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    a long wooden seat for the pupils to sit on. It had a thatched roof with scraws to keep up the thatch and sleepers to keep up the scraws. There was a hole on the roof to let out the smoke. The children had to bring a sod of turf every morning for a fire. The children had to write with quills.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    James Heneghan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Burris, Co. Mayo