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School: Cill Mhic Eoghain (roll number 9848)

Location:
Kilmackowen, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0276, Page 077

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    “About a mile from this school is a small village called Carrig, there was an old school.”

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    About a mile from this school in a small village called Carrig, there was an old school. There is nothing to be seen of it now but its ruins. All the old people in this district were taught in this old school, but there are not many of them alive now. It is almost a hundred years since this school was used, and in that time there were no tables or stools in schools. They used get two or three sods of turf and sit on them, and this was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Murchadha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Eyeries, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Donnachadha Ó Suilleabháin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Eyeries, Co. Cork