School: Scoil na gCeithre Máighistrí, Dún na nGall (roll number 14247)

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   About 77 years ago a man who never told his name came from a place called Temp, in the County Fermanagh. He taught school in a barn at Charles Mac Caffrey’s of Skreen. They used to keep pigs in the barn at night and they would have to take them out in the mornings before the master came. The master used to go to one of the scholar’s houses to sleep night about. They were taught Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. The master called them the three “R’s”. The scholars used to write on slates with stones. They all read from the master’s book. It was in English they were taught. They sat on two long logs of timber placed at either side of the barn. The master had a

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            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Adhamhnan Mag Fhionntaigh

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Informant

   Anne Carbin

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   92

   Address

   Skreen, Co. Donegal