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Notes on Schools around Tierworker

(introduction to be written)

First article: Edendugally National School

 

 

 

Edendugally National School

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In the 1940s, the children of the McGaurans, McCabes, Farrellys, Reillys, Clarkes, and perhaps a dozen other families living in the townlands to the south of the Loughanleagh Mountain, went to Edendugally National School which was built in the years 1838 – 1842. During most of the 1940s, and until the school was closed, there were about 45 pupils – boys and girls – in attendance, with only one teacher, and occasionally two, for 8 classes of children ranging in age from 5 to 14 years.

 

1976 edendugally school front 1

Edendugally[1] National School[2] (1976)

“And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground”[3]

 The original building stood empty for several years after it ceased to be used as a school in the 1960s, and it has since been modified and converted into a seasonal residence. It had two classrooms, with playgrounds at the front and back of the building.

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