School: Cloran (roll number 5282)

Location:
Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Síle Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 0395

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    that hedge school. After some years this old school disappeared with the rain and the weather.
    When the national schools came out, this school master went to live in a little hut beside the national school and died there,
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. There is an old house in Clonabrack bog or Rath-rúin bog it is divided into two parts a kitchen and a bed room.
    The back wall and front wall were made of mud and the ceiling of the kitchen was thatched and the ceiling of the bed room was slated.
    The floor of the kitchen was made of clay with bricks mixed through it to keep it firm. The inside of the house was very dark there was a crosswall with a little window in it there was a hurdle over the fire place, the
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cristíona Ní Uillic
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crowinstown Great, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs J. Gillick
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crowinstown Great, Co. Westmeath