Architecture of Old Primary Schools
Currans National School was built during the Famine years. It is a single storey, four-bay structure with a slate roof. Fireplaces provided heat in each of the two classrooms. This school, like others at the time, had outdoor toilet facilities to the rear of the building. It now stands unused.
Currans National School sketch, by Patricia O'Hare.Architecture of Old Primary Schools
Currans National School sketch, by Patricia O'Hare.
Currans National School sketch, by Patricia O'Hare.
Architecture of Old Primary Schools
Currans National School was built during the Famine years. It is a single storey, four-bay structure with a slate roof. Fireplaces provided heat in each of the two classrooms. This school, like others at the time, had outdoor toilet facilities to the rear of the building. It now stands unused.
Currans National School sketch, by Patricia O'Hare.Old Schools
Many old schools around the country were built to the same design. The building in this picture is Currans National School. Unlike big modern schools, older rural schools were often housed in small, bungalow-like buildings with a small number of classrooms. The two sketches on this page show the type of design that was used.
This school, Scartaglin National School, was a neighbour of Currans school.
You can see that although there are some differences, the designs are similar.
Scartaglin National School
This school was a neighbour of Currans school. You can see that although there are differences, they have very similar designs.
Scartaglin National School sketch, by Patricia O'Hare.Scartaglin National School
Scartaglin National School sketch, by Patricia O'Hare.
Scartaglin National School sketch, by Patricia O'Hare.
Scartaglin National School
This school was a neighbour of Currans school. You can see that although there are differences, they have very similar designs.
Scartaglin National School sketch, by Patricia O'Hare.Notice the chimneys:
Most schools had fireplaces used to burn turf to warm the school.