School: Baile na nGalloglach (Milford) (roll number 15338)

Location:
Millford, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 035

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  1. The first school in Milford dates back over a hundred years ago. The school was in the house now occupied by Dan Conaghan, butcher, Kilmacrennan Road, Milford.
    This school was a mixed one, boys and catholics and protestants. The teacher a man named Lindsay lived in the house and the school was in the building attached to the house now converted into bedrooms. Lindsay retired in 1858 and was succeeded by named Knight. In 1862 the murdered Earl of Leitrim started a school for girls only in the house where James Cullen now lives and put a Mrs. Fennell from Co. Cavan in charge of it. The teacher's residence was the house next door now belonging to
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mac Paul
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Millford, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Robert Hazlett
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    85
    Address
    Millford, Co. Donegal