School: Drom Mór (C.), Malla (roll number 13780)

Location:
Dromore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
M. Uí Uallaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369D, Page 05_012

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  1. In year's gone by there was an old school in Mallow some where around the spa-walk or to the back of the Clock-house. The teacher's name was Mr William Kelly He taught a boys school some of his pupils are still living, but are very old. The masters were paid in this way, any boy that could afford a penny a day brought it, The teachers had very small salaries that time. The children wrote on a slate with a slate-pencil. There were no pen's in those days
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patricia Purcell
    Gender
    Female