School: Clonbroney, Meathus Truim
- Location:
- Clonbroney, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Conchobhair
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0766, Page 066
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- In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen I began my career as a primary teacher in Drumlish national school.
For the first year I made the journey to Drumlish each morning from my own home at France, Ballinalee, but as the road was long, some seven Irish miles, and had and hilly, I was obliged to take up residence in Drumlish in the autumn of nineteen hundred and eighteen.
From nineteen hundred and eighteen until nineteen hundred and nineteen I boarded in the house of Michael Brady, shopkeeper, Drumlish.
I remained in that house for one year.
In November nineteen hundred and nineteen I changed my residence and went across the street to the home of Francis Heslin, boat merchant. The occupants of the house were Francis Heslin, his wife, a couple of shop assistants and myself.
The house consisted of a shop, kitchen and sitting room underneath and three bedrooms overhead.
On the first night I spent there I retired to bed at 10.30 having first assisted at the family rosary. Being one who does not go to sleep quickly I remained awake some three quarters of an hour during which time I could hear the various members of the house coming upstairs(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Connolly
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
