School: Cluain an Ghabhláin, Cill Mhichíl
- Location:
- Kilmihil, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Maolruanaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0602, Page 332
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Cluain an Ghabhláin, Cill Mhichíl
- XML Page 332
- XML “Early National Schools and Teachers”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)Ned McMahon, a relative of Miss oLaughlin's and an uncle to the remarkable Fitz patrick family now in the Village of Kilmihil, who took upon himself the correction of Mr. Cornwallis. Ned wrote an address to the Commissioners of Education making a formal complaint. The liter["y" overwritten]ary style of the composition excited the curiosity of the Commissioners who sent at once investigators to interview the parties concerned in the case. The investigators came by side-car from Ennis and sought out first Ned McMahon, the writer of the complaint. They found him working in a drain. When he recognized his visitors Ned took off his cap and excused his appearance (he had three suits and was wearing the oldest — báinín and knee-breeches). The men from Dublin asked if he were Ned Mc Mahon.
"Yes. I'm Ned McMahon."
"Your wrote this?" Producing the Address to the Commissioners.
"Yes. That's my writing."
"Where did you receive your education?"
"Partly in the hedge-school and partly from my father and mother"
At this the others wondered and one of them(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Michael O' Gorman
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mr T. O' Gorman
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
