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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
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Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 179

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    spoken by the pupils, but the teacher being too old to learn it, never spoke it. He taught English because he thought Irish was of no use to the pupils when grown up and gone to foreign countries. the pupils worked on slates with slate pencils. The seats were made of large flat boards supported by thick logs of timber. There was no blackboard but when ever writing was neccessary it was written on a stone, It was not compulsory to go to school, but the children went as often as they could. The school
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Mc Manus
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrynadooey, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Pat Nickolson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bridgecartron or Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon