School: Cuar an Chláir (C)
- Location:
- Cooraclare, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máiréad, Bean Uí Mháirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0631, Page 179
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- In the parish of Cooraclare about a mile from the village there was a man named Joe Burke. He had a private school as there were no national schools in this parish at the time. Every morning in winter the children used to bring a sod of turf each.
The parents if they could afford it gave something to the teacher each month. They had some stools and four desks and mugs n which they used to keep the ink. This teacher used to teach English, Irish and a little French - any difficult word he couldn't pronounce he'd day pass that "thats latin".
He had a stool on which he sat in the middle of his pupils to teach them, he also had a big copy which he used as a roll book.
- Collector
- Maureen Breen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Teernagloghane, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs M. Breen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Teernagloghane, Co. Clare
