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School: Cill Fhearga (roll number 15128)

Location:
Killarga, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0202, Page 255

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    There was one old school in Lonagh, and another in the next townland namely Tullynacross. These schools were built of mud. They used lumps of turf bank, cut out and dried for seats. The teachers got paid by the children's parents.
    They used quills of feathers for writing pens. The teachers often times could only stay a month at a time in those schools, for fear of the cruel laws of the government. They could speak Irish fluently then.
    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
    Anna R. Mc Morrow
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullaghmore, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Hugh Mc Morrow
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Mullaghmore, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Thomas Keon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Leonagh, Co. Leitrim