Schools in Killygarvan parish, 1835
Extract from an 1835 report of the Commissioner of Public Instruction (Ireland), Diocese of Raphoe, parish of Killygarvan. Four schools are listed, including a "hedge school" and a Sunday school. The number of male and female pupils are given, as well as the subjects taught in each school.
Courtesy Central Library, LetterkennySchools in Killygarvan parish, 1835
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Schools in Killygarvan parish, 1835
Extract from an 1835 report of the Commissioner of Public Instruction (Ireland), Diocese of Raphoe, parish of Killygarvan. Four schools are listed, including a "hedge school" and a Sunday school. The number of male and female pupils are given, as well as the subjects taught in each school.
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Griffith's Valuation, Carradoan, Co. Donegal, 1856
Griffith's Valuation of 1856 for the townland of Carradoan in the parish of Killygarvan. A valuation was used for taxation purposes. Can you find where Carradoan school is mentioned in the valuation? The landlord, Thomas Batt, is listed as owner of the land on which the school was built.
Courtesy Donegal County LibraryGriffith's Valuation, Carradoan, Co. Donegal, 1856
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Griffith's Valuation, Carradoan, Co. Donegal, 1856
Griffith's Valuation of 1856 for the townland of Carradoan in the parish of Killygarvan. A valuation was used for taxation purposes. Can you find where Carradoan school is mentioned in the valuation? The landlord, Thomas Batt, is listed as owner of the land on which the school was built.
Courtesy Donegal County LibraryDrumhalla is a townland near Rathmullan village in north-east Donegal.
The first school in Drumhalla was built in 1825. The first teacher was Master Deeney. There were 43 pupils in the school. Children sat at their desks all day long, apart from "standing out along the wall" for reading and singing and also for punishment!
Pupils used chalk and small slates for learning to write. Later, they used pen and ink. The main lessons taught were the "three Rs" - reading, (w)riting and (a)rithmetic. They memorised tables, spellings, grammar and poetry.
Later, in 1846, the local landlord family, the Batts, opened Carradoan School. It had 150 pupils, mostly from the Drumhalla area. In 1852 it became an agricultural school. The teacher rented land nearby and he taught the older boys how to farm.