School: Mohill (2) (roll number 8673)
- Location:
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Éamonn Bairéad
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 148
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- (continued from previous page)The teacher who taught here was Mrs Johnston and after wards Mrs Kelly.
- There was an old school in Taulaught Valley. The name of the master who used to teach there was Arthur Doyle.
The school was in a farmers barn, and it was also near many houses, and the children had not far to go.
The children had no desks like what they have now-a-days. They used to sit on stools with three legs while listening to the master. They used to write on the bark of trees and when they were writing, they used to use the stool as a desk, and the floor was their seat(continues on next page) - Collector
- George William Duke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tamlaghtavally, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Finnegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tamlaght Beg, Co. Leitrim
