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School: Calfield

Location:
Calf Field or Aghadrumgowna, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Ó Rathsile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 023

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    when they went into some old house or barn. The scholars wrote on slates with slate pencils. These were to be had during the time of the "Penal Days" and after them.
    Another of these old schools was situated in Tullyinchin, convenient to Barrickallen church. It was to this school that the old people of this district used to go. Some of these schools were for protestant children but most of them were for Catholic children.
    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
    Anna Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumnagar, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Bernard Rahill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Calf Field or Aghadrumgowna, Co. Cavan