5th Class History Project 2005
Dromiskin Old School
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The
old school was built in 1927, under the
management of Canon Johnson,
parish priest.
It
educated the children for approximately 50 years
before the new school was built in February 1976.
From
1926 to 1940, before amalgamation took place,
the girls and boys were taught separately in 2 classroom units.
Principals
of the girls’ school were
Mrs
Mc Ardle and
Mrs
Halligan assisted by a junior assistant mistress Miss Colliter.
Headmasters
of the boys’ school were
Mr
T McArdle and James Morgan.
Following
amalgamation, Mr
Morgan became the first Principal of the
mixed school with Miss May
Predergast and Mrs Byrne as assistants.
Facts
about the Old
School
·
There were no toilets in the building (they were
outside).
·
If you were bold you would have to stand out.
·
And if you were very bold you would stay out!
·
Sometimes if you were very, very bold you would get
the RULER!!
Teachers
in the Old School
Up
until the opening of the present school, the following served as principals and
assistants:
James
Morgan Senior
James
Morgan Jnr
Mary
Prendergast
Philomena
Barry
Margaret
Mc Eneaney
Teresa
O’Connor
Paul
Brennan
Colm
Herity
Anna
Nolan
Gertrude
Hanratty
Briege
Ferry
Briege
Feeley
Briege
Gillespie
Florrie
Clarke
Mary
O’Connor
Geraldine
Grunnell
Pat
Hamilton
On
the retirement of James Morgan Snr., his son Jim
succeeded him as headmaster.
Mrs.
Morgan Remembers….
§
The
teacher Mrs Morgan taught knitting & sewing to 5th & 6th
class girls from 2:00-3:00p.m. on Tuesdays & Fridays.
§
The toilets were kept reasonably clean, and were
outside.
§
When Mrs. Morgan started teaching in 1963 there were
open fire places.
§
If you
had a cold they would put you beside the huge open fire.
§
When it was raining they put
your coat over the open fire.
§
In late 1963 central heating was put in place.
§
No one was ever expelled from the school.
§
At first the children sat on benches, in later years
they sat on chairs.
§
The children used inkwells for their pens.
Every morning someone would go
around and fill the inkwells with powder and water.
§
All the teachers and parents were strict!
If you were bold in school and
your neighbour knew you were bold and they told your parents, you would get a
slap at home!!!