School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 050
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- (continued from previous page)the pupils was Mr. Peter Sheridan. It is at the turn of a lane between Matt Connell's and Phil Smith's. The master lived one field away from the school. The scholars were taught English. He had no kane all he had was a thick ash plant. They had no books only slates. The pencil they had was a thin piece of a slate and a piece of tin round round it. They used to have a fire. Each scholar would bring a sod of turf with him for the fire. It was at night they had the school. Each child would bring two candles every night.
There were about thirty attending the school. The way the master was - every pupil would bring a schilling per quarter. The reason the Barrick Street was called that name is because there were eight thatched houses very close to each other in it. They would always be fighting. Every court day the whole eight families used to be summoned, and the people who came after them called it Barrick Street.
- Collector
- Brendan Mooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballaghanea, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Charles Mooney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Ballaghanea, Co. Cavan
