School: Sliabh na Cille (roll number 14513)
- Location:
- Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha
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- Old Schools (Contd)There was an old school in Stranagarvana at Frank Mc Grails. It was a byre. The scholars used to sit on straw mats. They had no desks and they wrote on their knees on slates. Peter Mc Grail taught in it. The floor was made of clay.There was another school in Carntulla at Denis Mc Hugh's. It was an old byre. The pupils used to sit on sods in the summer time when they were dry. They used to sit on stones covered with straw in the winter time. They wrote on slates. Johnny Loughlin, Drumristan taught in it. The floor was clay.
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- Informant
- Pat Gilmartin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Cortober, Co. Leitrim