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Virginia, Co. Cavan
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E. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 048

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  3. XML “Raffoney Hedge-School”
  4. XML “Raffoney National School”

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  1. Raffoney Hedge-School (continued)

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  2. Raffoney National School

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    There was a National School in Raffoney about fifty years ago. It was situated along Raffoney Lane, in a little triangular field, now owned by Jimmy Maguire. In the beginning the teachers were not very good but the served the purpose. There was a teacher in this school named McGuinness. A Master Paterson also taught in this school while during the latter years of its existence Mrs Farrell from this town taught in it.
    The school was a thatched one. When it closed down Ardlow School was built to take its place.
    Slates and slate pencils were used in the school, I often found bits
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