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School: Corlea

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Corlea, Co. Cavan
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T. Ó Mearáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1009, Page 050

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    (continued from previous page)
    and that all their houses would be was a den for rats. His words seem to have come true for they themselves have left and to this day the place is infested with rats. About one hundred and fifty years ago these Adams built a large school at Northlands. This was before National Schools were built and as there were no other Schools for miles around children flocked to it. It had one Catholic teacher named Master Gargan and two Protestant teachers and it is said that some days there were as many as three hundred children attending it. As it was under Protestant rule the Catholic children were not allowed full practice of religion and this led to many dispute between between the Parish
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Closnabraddan or Taghart North, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Rose Mooney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Northlands, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Brigid Mooney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    35
    Address
    Northlands, Co. Cavan