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School: St Columba's, Buncrana

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 093

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 093

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  1. Hedge-School (continued)

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    in the roof. The roof was made of boards and when the weather was wet the rain came in through the roof. The black board that the master wrote on was nailed to the wall. The master let all the children work at the corn and the spuds so long every year and then he had to give the farmer no money.
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  2. An Old School

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    Long ago there was a school in the Mill Brae. It is now the residence of Mr Mullin. It was there that Cardinal Logue received his education. This school was a school for teaching boys for the priesthood only. There was only one teacher in it and the name of
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Colm Quigley
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Buncrana, Co. Donegal