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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Ráth Luirc

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Charleville, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Riabhach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0368, Page 285

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    Old Schools.
    About one-hundred and fifty years ago the Irish people could not practice their religion. Catholic Schools were done away with, and boys or girls could not go to school except to a Protestant school. Priests were killed in great numbers and Churches and houses were burned to the ground.
    Just a few miles to the South of Charleville at that time lived a young man named Harry Burke. He was a very good scholar. He had compassion on the little children who could not even bless themselves. He therefore made up his mind to try and teach them something.
    He began
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Hynes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Charleville, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs O' Connell
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Charleville, Co. Cork