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School: Eiscreach (roll number 13945)

Location:
Eskeragh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0153, Page 148

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    copy books, and they had to bring their own ink also.
    The seats the children sat on were planks of wood and there was a bog - sod under each end of the planks.
    There was a good long table in the school. It was for the teacher. It was made by the local carpenter Mr. Michael Hopkins, Eskeragh. The children using copy books wrote at that table. There was no blackboard in the school. Miss Mary Coleman waited also five years in the school which I have described.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Timoney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Eskeragh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Timoney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Eskeragh, Co. Mayo