School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0703, Page 074
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- (continued from previous page)home to night and one of the farmers' sons would bring him home and feed and lodge him for the night. The next day the master would cry out the same thing and another boy would bring him home for the night and so on until every boy got his turn.
In those days the school-masters had no blackboards. They used a big flat stone instead. For chalk they used a piece of pointed stone.
When they knew how to write well they got a quill pen and paper.
A Mr. Rothwell had a school in Farrell Street in the house now occupied by Mr. Ryan. He only taught gentlemens' sons. Among the pupils who attended it were Mr. Lynch and Mr. Mac Donnell.
Mr. Corcoran had another school on the Height in Bective Square and Mr. Nelson had another in Carrick Street but these were not as high class or as important as Mr. Rothwell's.
The subjects they taught were Irish English Greek Latin and Mathematics. The books they used were "Reading made easy" and Woogan's Spelling Book."
There was a girl's Academy in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ellie Grimes
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
