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School: Cluain Tuirc (C.)

Location:
Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Máire Ní Gharaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 029

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  1. Additional Information about Esker School

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    There was a school in Esker at one time and the landlord and priest fell out about the appointment of a teacher. The Land Lord was the manager and it was he who would appoint the teacher and the priest would not have it. He wanted to be the manager the board of education stepped in and took the school up to Cloonturk Esker school was built in the year of 1839 Master George Reynolds was the first teacher in the school and when he quit teaching through old age a Miss Keenan was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Reynolds
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Informant
    Charles Reynolds
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    89
    Address
    Esker South, Co. Leitrim