School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 07_008
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The old school 9'' 12'' 37.
Long ago the schools were built like old burns and bad old slates and a few small windows .My father was going to the school near Mrs Conheady.
The pictures they had were when they used to buy a paper and there would be one big sheet of paper with a picture of a man such as Wolf Tone ,Thomas Davis, Cormac Mac Airt and many others.These they hung on the walls without a frame .The desks were big long seats across the middle(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Julia Corry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derryfadda, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Thomas Corry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Derryfadda, Co. Clare
