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School: Drumcormack (roll number 13201)

Location:
Drumcormick, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Nora Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0294

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    144 One hundred and forty four plus 160/205 One hundred and sixty. one and one two six and four ten. one and four five.
    To the great mass of the people the price of the books were prohibitive. a shilling in Irish money represented a full day's wages of a farm labourer and in poorer districts it would have paid three days wages. on that account books were rarely bought and for that reason the possession of a few books was a thing to be proud of.
    The lack of text books was not a serious handicap to the scholar as the school master who undertook to teach had sufficient knowledge for the purpose and even when he could not afford to buy the
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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