A History of Cloneyharp National School 1837-1979

A microscopic look at the setting up of the national school system, and a summary of how people’s lives changed over almost one and a half centuries, A History of Cloneyharp National School 1837-1979 is a window into the past. Con Ryan and Tom Carroll have succeeded in bringing back to life, vividly, a time gone but not forgotten.

Con Ryan and Tom Carroll Lisheen Publications €17.50

From Fr Patrick Moloney’s drive for the creation of the first school in 1837, to its closure, the book looks at the numerous teachers and pupils who passed through its gates in Clonoulty parish, Co Tipperary.