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School: Keelogues (roll number 13183)

Location:
Keeloges New, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121, Page 43

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    children could not afford to pay. Reading and writing were the only subjects taught, and Gaelic was the language used.
    They did not use steelpens as we do now, but they wrote with quills pointed at one end. They had no desks, but sat on small wooden stools which they cut from the trunks of trees.
    At that time an Englishman lived in the village of Knocksaxon who made ink and supplied the whole Province of Connaught. He made it from the juice of berries and soft black rock, which
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Danganmore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Danganmore, Co. Mayo