School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 049
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- (continued from previous page)of slates and bits of slate pencils when gathering potatoes in a field the other side of the lane.
- There was a hedge in Ballaghanea in the corner of a field bordering a bog. The field was owned by Mr. Sheridan who was the teacher. He taught in a "boghan". His pupils came from far and near unknown at night. His pencil was a burned stick and a jotter. Irish was the principal subject but he taught some Latin. It existed about one hundred years ago.
- In a place called Barrick Street in the townland of Ballaghanea it is said there was a school in it about seventy years ago. The master that taught(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brendan Mooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballaghanea, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Charles Mooney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Ballaghanea, Co. Cavan
