School: Cluain Tuirc (C.)

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1. Killimaun Old School (continued)

   

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   but there was no compulsory attendance act in force then. My father Joe Mc Dermott Gort age 52 years told me this tale. He heard it form his father who attended this school.

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2. Ballygeer Old School

   

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   There was an old school in Ballygeer about 70 years ago.
   Master Mc Garry and his wife were the teachers.
   The master lodged in his school. Every child had to bring one shilling every quarter.
   The master taught Irish, English and Latin.
   The children had different books geography table books and arithmetic.
   The children used to write with slate pencils and slates.
   The children used to bring two turfs under their arm. The master taught school in his kitchen.
   My grand father told my mother and my mother told me.

   

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