School: Fothanach (roll number 7980)
- Location:
- Fohanagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Conghaile
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- 9. About a hundred years ago there was a school in the townland of Doone. It was held in a barn owned by a man named Flanagan. The teacher's name was Jimmie Burns, he was a native of Garafine. He taught Arithmetic, English Reading and Writing. The writing was done with quills. No Irish was spoken by the teacher nor was any spoken by the teacher. There were no desks but forms or planks to sit on. The teacher lodged in neighbouring houses mostly where children were going to school. He was paid a small salary by the pupils. When he died a Protestant teacher came from Aughrim. His name was Ogle. No child attended the school and he had to leave. Then a Protestant Minister by the name of Crampton came from Aughrim to establish the Protestant Religion. But the people of the townland threw stones at him and hunted him off, and he was never seen afterwards. After that the National Schools came into existence.
Pat Brennan, Doone
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- Pat Brennan
- Gender
- Male
