School: Lisdrumcleve
- Location:
- Lisdrumcleve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: F. Magee
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“John Duffy was the local Tithe Proctor.”
(continued from previous page)had been erected in a conspicuous place. It appears to have been tacitly assumed on the granting of the lease that the church was expected to being erected in a backward place.
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“The old Church was in a place called locally "McGuinness's rocks".”
4. The old church was in a place called locally "McGuinness's Rocks". The site can still be seen & most of the stones were removed to build the Teacher's Residence at this school.
It was built in a secluded place and could not be seen from any highway.
In addition to being a church it was also a school, especially during the summer months. James Coyle of Mahon, who died about February 1897, was a pupil there & could describe how the scholars learned their lessons outside the building on a fine summer's day. (no title)
“When the National Board of Educn was established, a National School was erected at the rear of the present Church on the site now occupied by the Sacristy.”
5. When the National Board of Education was established, a National School was erected at the rear of the present church now occupied by the Sacristy. It was the local National(continues on next page)