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School: Sgoil Naoimh Conaill, Na Gleanntaí (roll number 15467)

Location:
Glenties, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal Mac Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1051B, Page 15_015

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    In the townland of Gortnamuckla some hundred yards from the village of Glenties stand an old school. About fifty years ago school was taught there by a teacher named Gallagher. The teacher lived in a wood that lies away to the back of the school and the walls of the teachers home are still standing. The teacher never went by the road to school but he would cross the fields, in order to be at the school before the scholars in order to know who did or did not take turf. It was the rule in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séamus Ó Domhnaill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenties, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Donnchadh Ua Faoláin
    Gender
    Male