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School: Barrlinn

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Inchinarihen, Co. Cork
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Máire Ní Chruadhlaoich
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    There was a hedge school in Borlinn - a bothán against a rock called Carraig na sgoile in Doire Cluthmhar in Tadg Scully's land, Children came to school at day break and sometimes on summer evenings.
    The first national school was, at Inse an acrainn. The ruins are still there in John Cremin's land at the side of the public road. The last teacher who taught there was Mrs Jane Dundon. She was teaching in Borlinn for 50 years, and is alive still. Our new school was built in 1913, the teachers in it were Mrs Dundon, Miss Creed and Miss Cotter - (now Mrs Crowley). principals and Miss Scully J.A.M. since it was built.
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          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Cronin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrynafinchin, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Michael Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    17
    Informant
    James Cronin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Derrynafinchin, Co. Cork