School: Drumcormack (roll number 13201)

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   his pupils from chance passers by and there he sat upon a stone as he taught his little school while his scholars lay stretched upon the grass about him. One pupil was usually placed at a point of advantage to give warning of the approach of strangers and if the latter were suspected of being law officers or informers, the class was quickly disbanded for the day, only to meet on the morrow in some still mare remote and sheltered place. In Winter the schoolmaster moved from place to place living on the hospitality of the people earing a little perhaps by turning his hand to farm work or when he dared by teaching the children pf his host. Later when the laws against education were released school

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Josephine White

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bricklieve, Co. Sligo