School: Listowel (B.) (roll number 1797)
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- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Brian Mac Mathúna
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- My great grandfather whose name was Daniel Mangan from Bedford owned a house in William Street but it belongs to a man by the name of Corbet now and he fixes bicycles. When the house was owned by my great grandfather it was a latin school and it was taught by a man named Mac Namara My grand father whose name was Pat Mangan was taught Latin there. Mr. Mac Namara a red-haired man.
- Long ago there was a house in Lyre, Duagh and Mr. Thomas Molyneaux owned it. He was a schoolmaster and he used to make that house the school. Every day he used get all the children around him and teach them. His wife was a teacher also. He used to sleep in the house every night.This house was a church also and the priest used to say Mass in the house every Sunday. They had a big press in the house and they used to make that their Altar. All the people used to go there to mass every Sunday. It is a farmer's house now.
- There was an old school built where the Technical school Listowel is built now and it was taught by Miss O'Gallagher.(continues on next page)
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