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School: Garbally, Banagher

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Garbally, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
D. Ryder
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0817, Page 060

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    Old Schools
    The old school of Clonfanlough was a Natoinal School. The teacher's name was Master O'Shea. He was a Northern. He got married to a girl Miss Guinan who also was a school teacher. She was a native of Clonfanlough.
    Twopence a week was paid to the master, and the pupils also brought two sods of turf each day. He was a very wicked master. This is the way he beat the children. He used to take them by the ears with the nails of his fingers, and kick them in the ribs. The subjects taught were English, Arithmetic, History and Geography. There was no Irish taught in olden times. It was forbidden by the English.
    The children used to write on slate with a slate pencil. There were no desks and the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Egan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garbally, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Kieran Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Garbally, Co. Offaly