School: Kilbride (roll number 11793)

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   twelve. There was an old school up where the doctor is living now in Trim. This school was in use the time of the famine it was a protestant school. The people were trying to coax the catholics to come to it. It was called the Charter school.
   Got from Mrs. Brennan, Clonfane, Trim (41yrs)

   

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   Kilbride school was built in the year 1846. It took a whole year to build it on account of the Great Famine. The stones that were used for building the school were drawn out of Lambay quarry. Not until the year 1926 was Irish taught in this National school. Very few students attended it for a year, but soon they occasionally came to school and thought it was the greatest joy of their life. The subjects that were taught were- Arithmetic, English writing and reading, history, and geography. My grand-father had to walk eleven miles to a hedge-school at Frayne in the night. The master which was Mr O Donavan, could'nt teach at school so he

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   Topics

   1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
         1. foirgnimh
            1. scoileanna (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Goggins

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   12

   Informant

   William Goggins

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   53

   Address

   Tulach Chonóg, Co. na Mí