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School: An Corr Dubh (roll number 14339)

Location:
Corduff, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Giolla'n Átha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0227, Page 043

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  1. Old Schools (continued)

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    grandmother. There was another school situated in the townland of Diffin, Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim and the remains of it are there yet. The teacher who taught in this school was Patrick Shanaghy. In all these schools they taught outside in the Summer and inside in the Winter. The name of some of the books which they used were the "reading made easy" and the Universal.
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  2. Local Roads

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    About eighty years ago there was a road made from Carrigallen to Mohill. This is in good repair yet and is known as Eage's broad road. The engineer on this road was a man named Eages and that is how it got its name. When he was about to start it a man said to him that it would take a lot of money to do it and he said that a pound would be
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Paddy Lyons
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Corraneary, Co. Leitrim