School: Cluainteach (roll number 10329)
- Location:
- Cloontagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Garaidh
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- About the same time in a townland named Briskill there was an old school-house. There was a vacancy for a teacher and it was by majority of votes of the house holders of the district he was to be elected. Three canditates namely Quinn, Casserley, and Malinn made application for the position. Quinn being elected he wrote a verse in favour of one of his supporters who took great interest in his cause at the election. He was a man named Duffy who lived in Cloonteagh.
The verse ran as follows -
Long life to William Duffy like wise his family,
He loudly voted for me and put out "Crick" Casserley,
There sprung up another canditate his name it was Malinn,
But they were all conquered by the celebrated Quinn.
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