by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Stories from the old Schoolhouse
Tales from the ‘Plain People of Ireland’ From a series of stories about Life In Rural Ireland in the first half of the 20th century. In this episode Bridie Loughman tells us of her anxieties on her first day in school during the early 1940s when teaching...
by Irish Beo Author | Jul 12, 2017 | Stories from the old Schoolhouse
PJ Lawless reminisces about his school days during the 1940s when the children and adults of the community of Killalaghton in county Galway thrived and benefited from the vision, energy, teaching and humanity of the local school principal Mr. Josie O’Halloran. In an...
by Irish Beo Author | Jan 22, 2010 | Stories - Rural Life, Stories from the old Schoolhouse
Sean Keane, born in 1923, is interviewed by pupils from Fohenagh national school about his childhood memories of the locality. He reminisces about the horse and gooseberry county fairs. The Castleblakney carnival when dancing would go on until 4am, and catching a live...
by Irish Beo Author | Jan 21, 2010 | Stories from the old Schoolhouse
Sean Keane, born in 1923, is interviewed by pupils from Fohenagh national school about his childhood memories of the locality. Sean talks of how the school house was so cold that the pupils used to jump up and down in the play yard just to keep warm. He reminisces...
by Irish Beo Author | Jan 1, 2010 | Stories from the old Schoolhouse
Stories from the old Schoolhouse In this episode children from Creggs National School interview Harry Delaney about his early days at the school from 1929, the subjects then taught, walking to school barefoot and working on the family farm. ...
by Irish Beo Author | Dec 2, 2009 | Stories from the old Schoolhouse
Stories from the old Schoolhouse In this episode children from Creggs National School interview Sean Keegan about life in Kilbegnet school during the 1930s, his love of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, his memories of bringing turf for the school fires and...
