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School: Whiterock (roll number 13820)

Location:
Carrigeengeare, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
J. Faulkner
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0194, Page 074

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    When Colonel Tottenham was Landlord over this district there was a collection gathered up, and a school house was built in the townland of Ballyboy. This school cost very little as all the labour was done by the children's parents free. As there was no road at this time the school was built away in in the country. The children wrote with quil-pens in this school. They came to school in the morning each with a goose's feather and the master sharpened it for them. There was no regular time for the school to begin in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Richard Silberry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    83
    Address
    Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim