School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)

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   "put up" for the night, in some kind person's house. These men stayed two or three days at a time in the same house, if their generosity "held out" that length. There was a certain room in the house converted into a study, and to this the neighbour's children gathered, to learn.
   Usually it was a priest or monk who travelled through the country, and they were known by the title of "Poor Scholars". The best known and most respected of the "Poor Scholars" was a man, by the name of Roger MacManamy, and on visiting this district, he resided in the house of a Frank McDonagh.
   This man frequently visited the districts, and taught the history of our isle to his pupils,

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
         1. foirgnimh
            1. scoileanna (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maggie Featherston

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cluain Lua, Co. Shligigh

   Informant

   Mrs Conway

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   An Tearmann, Co. Ros Comáin