School: Cluain Tuirc (C.)
- Location:
- Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Máire Ní Gharaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 032
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- school
There was a school in Thady Flynn's field
master
Master Fahy was teacher.
lived
He lived in school. He stayed there many years.
Subj taught
Irish English and Latin was taught, The master nearly spoke all Irish.
name
The books had only the name of the standard
Lodge pay
The children had to bring one shilling a quarter towards the master's pay.
The price of the books varied with the class - one penny for infant and seven pence for seventh. The Jotters were one (1d) for two.
wrote with
They wrote with goose quills and made ink out of Blackberries.
It was only the seventh and eight that wrote with pen and ink and from infant to sixth wrote on slates and with pencils.
average
The average number was fifty(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jennie Maxwell
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Furnace or Bleankillew, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Hugh Maxwell
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Furnace or Bleankillew, Co. Leitrim
