School: Cnoc an Teampoill (B.), Ráth Luirc

Location:
Freemount, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Breathnach
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    came into the school, and told us that Confirmation day would be on the 5th May. From that day until the evening before the Bishop came, it was hard work for all of us. I might mention that there were about thirty in the Confirmation Class.
    The style of examination then was different from that now. The boys from one school were matched against the boys of some other parish school. It so happened that we were matched against Milford and it was rumoured that they were exceptionally good. I felt a little nervous at first, but when I thought of the pains my master paid on us during the six months previous, and
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Denis Mullane
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Dan Madigan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballybahallagh, Co. Cork