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School: Creewood (roll number 5331)

Location:
Creewood, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 125

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    master for the instruction given. Somewhere in the barn a fire used be lighted and the pupils in their turn would supply the turf. In this Irish was not taught as the master did not know the language.
    There were no desks in the schools but the pupils sat on lumps of wood. On slates they wrote with slate pencils and they never used pens or pencils.
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    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
    Kitty Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Thomas Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath