School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 279
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- Collector
- Francis Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Burrenrea, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Matthew Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Burrenrea, Co. Cavan
- The houses had one pane of glass in the window and some of them none, and some no window at all. Every old house had two bars of iron in the window, to protect them.
