Records of Parsonstown Model School
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- 1860 - 1985
Registers, roll books, daily report books and cash books from the junior and senior pupils at Parsonstown Model School.
Parsonstown Model School
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Records of Parsonstown Model School
Registers, roll books, daily report books and cash books from the junior and senior pupils at Parsonstown Model School.
Parsonstown Model School
Records of Geashill National School
Separate boys and girls school registers of Geashill National School
Geashill National School
Records of Eglish National School
Roll books, daily report books and corporal punishment books from Eglish National School.
Eglish National School
Documents relating to aspects of Moore's life in Banagher. Moore was involved in many committees in the town. These fall into two categories in this collection, namely improvements to the local economy and infrastructure and those that responded to outside events such as the First and Second World Wars. The improvement committees were Banagher Improvement Association/Committee (c.1899-1928), Banagher Fairs and Improvement Committee (1907-1928), Banagher Public Lighting Committee (1907-1912) and Banagher and Lusmagh Farmers Association (1929-1930). The other committees responded to WWI and WWII were The Garrycastle Relief Committee (1914-1915), the War and Pensions Committee (1917-1919) and the Parish Council (1941-c.1945).
Some other organisations mentioned are the Banagher Bicycle Association, the Gaelic League and the Banagher Sacred Heart Sodality which all proved extremely popular.
Moore, Roderick Harold
Newspaper clippings - school, railway and Banagher Great Fair
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
This scrapbook comprises mostly of pasted in newspaper clippings on a diverse range of topics.
It includes, for example an account of visit to Banagher Boys National School of Rev Dr Monaghan, PP, Dean of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise.
There is a printed petition to Great Southern and Western Railways regarding proposed discontinuance of services from Banagher to Clara, and several published letters relating to promotion of Banagher Great Fair.
Includes also, letter dated 15th May 1906 on the importance of compulsory education and account of the funeral of the Rev. M. J. Moore S. J. in October 1936.
J. J. Hogan - unemployment relief schemes
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Letter from J. J. Hogan, Chief Executive Officer, Offaly Vocational Education Committee regarding schemes for the relief of unemployment and in particular of the amount of unskilled labour required to build a school.
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Vocational and Technical Education
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Moore was secretary of the King's County Committee of Education. This committee was set up to administer and encourage the provision of technical and vocational education in skills such as cookery, metal work and wood work. Technical classes were established by the provision of capitation grants. These classes would provide young people with vocational and trade skills necessary to gain employment. It was here that young people could be prepared to accredited technical examinations.
Offaly County Committee of Technical Education correspondence book
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
Manuscript copy correspondence book of R. H. Moore, Hon Sec of Offaly County Committee of Technical Education. Banagher Sub-Committee. Includes also copy correspondence of 13th Oct 1929, with E. J. Delahunty, Secretary of Offaly Joint Committee of Education, regarding the appointment of teachers and supervision of classes.
Summaries literature, geography and history
Part of Papers of R.H. Moore
School exercise book containing handwritten summaries of Literary, Geographical and Historical Readers. Marked 1911, 1912, 1928.