Ransboro National School is an amalgamation of two previous national schools in the parish, namely Knocknarea NS and Kilmacowen NS. Our school opened in 1981 with the closure of these two schools. We have recently come into possession of the attendance board for the final day of Knocknarea NS in 1981. These attendance boards were commonplace in national schools in times gone by. This
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As a follow up to our last post on learning about Local History from old School Roll Books, in a stroke of sheer co-incidence, the English couple mentioned in the post have just made contact with our school principal. They have recorded the whole incident of tracing their family roots in the locality and have given permission to share their story here: During the
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This week we have been looking through old roll books from Knocknarea school. The writing in the books was difficult to read, some of it was in old Irish. Some people found their relations in the roll books. One of the books dated back to the 1800’s. The books were very old and dusty, with a musty smell. There was blotting paper in some of the
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