Adjust Page Background
The first national school in Kinlough was opened on 30th
December 1847. Edenville National School (Roll No. 5212) got its name from
the townland in which it was situated. The first school had a thatched
roof and mud floors. In 1866 it was replaced by a better building with
a slated roof. The single-roomed school had 2 teachers and up to 100 pupils
on roll, though, since school attendance was not compulsory in those days,
daily attendance was only 40 - 50. The old school, with its outdoor toilets,
turf fires and muddy yard, served the village for 74 years.
In 1940 a new two-room school was built and named the
Four Masters School. With a classroom for each of the 2 teachers, cloakrooms
and a hard-surface playground the new school (roll no. 17143) was a great
improvement and continued in operation until 1985 when it was replaced
by our current school. Today we have 6 classrooms, staffroom, gym, kitchen,
office, stores and football/basketball areas - a far cry indeed from the
first Kinlough school. How education in the area has developed over the
last 150 years!
One sad development this century has been the decline
of the small rural schools. Four Masters School now caters for pupils from
eight areas which formerly had one/two teacher schools:
Buckode National School (closed
1970); Askill National School: (closed 1972); Ahanlish National School
(closed 1998); Tullaghan National School (closed 1998); Uragh National
School (closed 1970); Proughlish National School (closed 1964) Loughmarron
National School (closed 1967); Tawly National School (closed 1898).
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Principal
Teachers
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John
McGowan (1847 - 1866)
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Patrick
Connolly (1866 - 1901)
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Francis
Connolly (1901 - 1913)
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Daniel
Judge (1913 - 1944)
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Maurice
Fitzgerald (1944 - 1974)
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Thomas
Feeley (1974 - )
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Staff
Members
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Mary McGowan (1850 - 1866)
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Catherine McGowan (1866 -1905)
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Catherine McKeon (1905 - 1945)
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Maura Mullarkey (1945 - 1976)
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Marie Gilmartin (1972 - 1977)
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Nuala Walsh (1978 - 1980)
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Máire White (1976 -
1994)
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Kathleen Fahey (1977 -
)
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Una Regan (1981 -
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Gerardine Gallagher (1994 -
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Rita Fergus (1998 - 1999 )
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Stephen Connolly (1998 -
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Eileen Lynch (1999
- )
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Chairpersons
and Managers
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Rev. Hugh O'Reilly (1847 -
1857)
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Rev. John Maguire (1857 - 1866)
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Rev. Michael Clancy (1866 -
1867)
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Rev. John O'Connor (1867 -
1871)
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Rev. Bernard Sheridan (1871
- 1914)
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Rev. Francis Brennan (1914
- 1932)
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Rev. Michael Dolan (1932 -
1951)
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Rev. John Dolan (1951 - 1969)
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Rev. Francis Brennan (1969
- 1976)
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Rev. Augustine Leaden
(1976 - 1985)
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Rev. Francis Kelleher (1985
- 1998)
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Rev. Thomas Keogan
(1998 - )
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