1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Kilskeer (B.)

School: Kilskeer (B.) (roll number 1421)

Location:
Kilskeer, Co. Meath
Teachers:
Máirtín Ó Loingsigh R. Ó Fithcheallaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 276

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 276

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Kilskeer (B.)
  2. XML Page 276
  3. XML “An Old School in Crossakeel”

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

  1. An Old School in Crossakeel

    Share Share Post
    There are the remains of an old school-house at the village of Crossakiel, which was built in the year 1823.
    It was mostly a Protestant school, but it has been closed for the past forty years as the Protestant population dwindled away to such an extent that a sufficient number of children were not able to keep up the standard attendance.
    Master Calvey, a Protestant, was the last master to teach in it. The building is quite different than the schools that are built nowadays. Were it not for the windows it would resemble an old fashioned house.
    The teachers' apartments and school room were in the one building, the school room being not much larger than an ordinary
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Bernard Carolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossakeel, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Joseph Carolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossakeel, Co. Meath