School: Kilbegnet (roll number 1327)

Location:
Kilbegnet, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 274

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    of this house and although they were industrious people and got on very successful with their education. Yet in every school that there is a bad bay. In this school there were some bad boys, who used to ride on Mr. Corr's cow. He used to punish them with his belt. There was no Irish taught this time. The pupil used to sit round him on stools. The people used to call it the "barneen."
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