School: Clareen, Birr
- Location:
- Clareen, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 293
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - John O'Neill 1874 to 1880
? Wall 1880 - 1882
Murtagh Dunne 1882 - 1910
Seán O Neill - 1910 to present time. - For a while before 1874 some children of the parish attended the Protestant School at the cross of Clareen. The building is still there and is used as a dwelling house (Tim Guinan).The last Catholic teacher before John O'Neill was Frank Carroll who taught in his own house in Derrybeg. Frank taught for a while before his death under the National Board. The priest's house Fr. Kennedy was on the opposite side of the road, and the chapel a short distance from it. All are on Larry Maher's land (except chapel)On this subject more on last page of book.
