School: Dalystown (roll number 15307)
- Location:
- Dalystown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Kathleen Grehan
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- (continued from previous page)James Murtagh & James Byne - deseased - went to his school.
Master Costello had a school in the present Joe Quinn's Barn - Clonfad.
Tom Quinn - his father and his uncle James went to school to him.
Ned Salmon & Mike Kelly also went to his school. It is over 100 years since the school was there.
The pupils used to pay the teachers.
Essay Finlay taught Prayers and simple reading Catechism - but was not much of a scholar herself Murtagh was a great teacher and made great scholars.
- Making meal. They used to dry the oats in a pot on the fire.
There were two big flat stones set in a frame - a sort of a mill or pulper. The oats was put into a(continues on next page)
