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School: Gowran (C.) (roll number 15366)

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Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0861, Page 161

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    30--3-38 Old Schools
    The school children long-ago were much much different than now. They wrote on slates which they carried around on them all day long with chalk and dusters. They had to pay for there own coal. They learned no Irish.
    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
    Ena Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    78
    Address
    Rathcash, Co. Kilkenny