School: Cluain Fhada (B.) (roll number 15557)
- Location:
- Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Fathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0248, Page 237
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There was another school at the bottom of Cloonarkin hill. It was situated on the side of the road. A man named "Sean Kenny" taught in it. Catechism was the principal subject taught. It was on a slate the pupils used to write.
This "Sean" Kenny must have been a very peculiar man. He used to vaccinate the children of the countryside. Big people used to go to him , and he used to bleed them at the back of their ears for the good of their health.
There was a man named Lynch who owned a good deal of cattle, and he used to send for "Sean" to bleed the cattle. When the cattle were bled they used to get fat.(continues on next page)
