School: Drumrora
- Location:
- Drumroragh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Mulligan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 410
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- (continued from previous page)school. He was named Smyth and he taught in his own house also
- Drumrora school at one time was built with clay mud and stones. It was covered with sticks and rushes. The Master that taught was Master James Lynch. He taught through English. The children used to bring a penny or twopence to him sometimes vegetables such as cabbage and turnips. He travelled from place to place teaching. The seats they had were blocks of wood. They used slates for writing. There was no blackboard. There was another school in Finaway and Master Caldwell taught the children. They used to bring a penny a day.
- There was a man in rassan and he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bernard Sorohan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 11
- Address
- Derrylea, Co. Cavan
