School: Wilkinstown (roll number 1917)

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   a week each, and in winter, brought a sod of turf each for the fire.
   Some of the pupils who attended this school for a while and never "turned pen on paper" said afterwards that when they went to school the master did not know how to teach them writing but that could not be true because he used to make poems, in praise of those who befriended him, and write them down on paper.

   

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2. Old Schools

   

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   Before the National School was built in Wilkinstown in 1857, classes used to be held in farmer's houses. For a time, the house where Mr. James McWilliams, the local tailor, now lives, used to be the "school." The master who taught there was a man named Mulligan. The farmer's used to give him as much money as they could afford each quarter year but the sum seldom amounted to more than about five shillings. Besides this, however, they used to frequently

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      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Dolours Sheridan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Wilkinstown, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Laurence Crahan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Wilkinstown, Co. Meath