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School: Fíodhnach (C.), Ráthluirc (roll number 4470)

Location:
Feenagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Uí Ghrádaigh
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    priest. All the parents of the children that were going to the school turned against the priest and they took their children from the national school and formed a school of their own in their old masters home which was situated just up to the school wall.
    They used no jotters at the time they wrote on slate with slate pencils. They had ordinary blackboards and they wrote on them with chalk
    There were also teachers going around the district teaching lessons. They were called "Poor Scholars." They stayed about two months with every family.
    No Irish was learned at any school.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Dore
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Sheshiv, Co. Limerick