School: Liathdruim
- Location:
- Leitrim Beg, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Mainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0069
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- (continued from previous page)they are now. Some of them did not go to school at all and they were able to read and write as good as those that never miss a day now.
In the year 1855 the first school house was built in Leitrim. Father Griffin that got it built. Mr. Kellegher was the teacher. He used to stay at Mc. Donagh's in Duniry.
Slates they used as copies and they had slate-pencils for writing with. The teacher used to give out sums like Dictation. They read a good deal of English books.
In the year 1878 they learned the first Irish. They had a different method of speaking it than they have now. It is said that it was better Irish also. They never used to write any.
- Collector
- Delia Fahy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Healy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Dalystown Demesne, Co. Galway
