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School: Ármhach (B.)

Location:
Arvagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Mac Samhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0983, Page 304

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    Secret, Universal I and Universal II. The pupils wrote with quills. They were seated on blocks of wood. The teachers remained constantly in this district. All three teachers taught indoors They taught no foreign languages and only one subject each day. The first National school in Arva was erected in 1870 but the hedge schools continued for some time after. Larry Duffy who lived in Arva taught Latin at Moyne about three miles from Arva.
    I got the above information from my father Arthur McCaughey Farrangarriff Arva Co. Cavan (58 years)
    Francis McCaughey (12 1/2 years)
    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
    Francis Mc Caughey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Informant
    Arthur Mc Caughey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Farrangarve, Co. Cavan