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School: An Clochar, Roscrea

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Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An Mháthair M. Ní Thuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0549, Page 072

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    An old man said the only school master he knew was James Cashin who used to come to the houses to teach, he was a cross old man with only one arm. Afterwards he went to the Abbey school every week they brought five or six sods of turf to make a fire. He said that one day the master went out at noon and that they locked him out till it was time to go home, he tought reading, writing, arithmatic and cathechism. On the way home they used to meet an old lady named Mary Gnagan who sold apples and oranges in the market square and she used have a few coals of fire to keep herself warm on a cold day and "Sam Haskett"
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Walshe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glenbeha, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    93
    Address
    Ashbury, Co. Tipperary