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School: Tullyveela

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Tullyveela, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 067

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    near-end of Cavan went.
    On Saturdays the farmers threshed their oats in the school-room, and on Sundays mass was read there. The only seats were wooden stools and large sods of turf.

    About the year 1819 there was a school in Tullyveela. The master was one Peter Maguire and his subjects were Latin, Greek, together with a sprinkling of English and Arithmatic. This school had neither seats nor desks, maps, pictures nor black-boards, like our schools of the present day.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Goldrick
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullyveela, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corrachomera, Co. Cavan