School: Borris-in-Ossory (Convent) (roll number 7442)

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   There was an old school at the back of Guard Long's house on the North of Borris. A man named Mr. Murphy taught in this school. He had to go away for some time and Mrs Katie Brennan taught in this school during his absence, then Katie Kennedy.

   

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   The first National School in Borris-in-Ossory was at the back of Longs. It was an old forge which was rebuilt into a school. The first teacher to teach in it was a man named Cornelius Murphy. He was a stranger. He taught reading, writing and mostly the same lessons taught now but no Irish. The pupils wrote with slate pencils on slates.

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Thomas Horgan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois

3. Old Schools

   

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   Long ago the schools were different towards those of to-day. The children went to school by night; they brought their own candles which they made themselves. Each child paid the teacher by the month.
   They had no pencils or pens or blackboards; they wrote on slates. The subjects taught were reading,

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