School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)two-and-a-half miles on the Bailiboro side of Virginia.
- 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(continues on next page)- Collector
- Leo Sheridan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Deerpark, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Willie Stephens
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan