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School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)

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Colehill, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Kathleen Morris
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    in length. The writing pen was made of a goose's quill. Each pupil came to the school carrying a sod of turf under his arm and a penny each week as a payment for the master. After some time, Master Lawlor was able to teach in a stationary place in the day-time. It was an old thatched house on the road to Carrickboy. There is a slated house built on the track of it now and people the name of Conway live there. When Master Lawlor taught in the barn he was young, he wore a grey frieze coat and a green corduroy knee breeches and long stockings and big shoes with a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary J. Mc Guire
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Informant
    Jimmy Mc Guire
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford