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School: Cluain Tuirc (B.)

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Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 288

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    The people used to be taught in country houses. There was no certain names on these. My grandmother remembers to go to a school named Thomas Ward's. There was people going round named "The Poor Scholars" they lodged in the house they taught in. They were all strangers.
    People gave one penny every Monday morning and two turf every day. There was 150 to 200 people going to school.
    There was English and Irish taught, it was spoken by doctors or the higher people. The names of the
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