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School: Meelick (C.)

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Meelick, Co. Clare
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Bean Uí Mhórdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0597, Page 312

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    also made of rough timber. The floor of the school was made of mud and broken stones tempered up together to form a floor.
    This was a mixed school the partition consisted of a railing between the two schools. The girls were at one side and the boys at the other. Sometimes the teacher stood in the middle of the floor to instruct the children on each side.
    There was a rough road leading to this school as it was far from the public road. The usual attendance at this school was fifty or sixty pupils. This school was slated and was build by the landlord Captain Delmege abut a hundred years ago.
    It was first occupied as a dwelling by a man named Patrick O'Brien and it is now occupied by Martin O'Brien.
    Punchbowl school was
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    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
    Connery
    Address
    Glennagross, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr John Connery
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Glennagross, Co. Clare