School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)

On this page

1. Old Schools in this District

   

   Share Share Post

   There was an old school in Curragh long ago. It was there my grandmother went to school a while. It was made of clay and the name of the schoolmaster was Mr Burke. There were about forty or fifty children going to school there and they used to be sitting on sods of turf and writing on slates.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

2. Old Schools in this District

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   There was a school situated in the village of Flaskagh on the other side of the road where a Hawthorn bush grows now. It was a thatched school and it was also very small. The floor was made of sand and stones. The name of the teacher who taught there was Mr Lyons. He would not allow the

   (continues on next page)

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sarah Moore

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Flaskagh More, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mrs Sarah Kelly

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   60

   Address

   Flaskagh More, Co. Galway