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School: Newtownmanor (roll number 4905)

Location:
Newtownmanor, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
P. Mac Néill (Nelson)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0199, Page 416

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    When the present Newtown Manor school was erected the local land lord Mr Whyte then residing in Carrick-on-Shannon was patron of the school and had a great deal to do with the school. The teacher Michael McGowan was then living near the Manor Chapel and was once about to be evicted. He asked the landlord to have pity on him but the landlord refused as he heard he was a Home Ruler.
    Through fear of the landlord he once spoke against the land league but his school was boycotted and out of 110 pupils his attendance fell to 17 and he only earned £4=19=0 in results that year. He was a land surveyor too and was often very late in coming to school but if he was tired he used fall asleep at the school table but on awaking he used an ash pointer unmercifully on all around him.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maire Scanlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cornalaghta, Co. Leitrim