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

Location:
Copany, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal Mag Fhionntaigh
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    until he came in home.
    The master had one book and every scholars took his turn in reading out of it.
    The scholars never learned Irish it was all English they learned.
    They used to sit on stools around the house as it was the masters own home.
    Every scholars brought the the [sic] master a present at Christmas as he asked no pay.
    In the winter time they used to take turf to the master’s house to make a fire.
    In the summer time the master and the scholars used to sit out in a field and
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Carbin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Informant
    Charles Mc Caffrey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    79
    Address
    Skreen, Co. Donegal