Drakestown National School, Ballapousta, County Louth. Now a regional training center, the architecture is typical of the schoolhouses built after Catholic Emancipation.

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Drakestown National School, Ballapousta, County Louth. Now a regional training center, the architecture is typical of the schoolhouses built after Catholic Emancipation. by NearlyNormal
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Portable classrooms, Ballapousta NS, County Louth. With prosperity comes a babyboom and overcrowding. by NearlyNormal
Memorial on outside wall, St. Chatherine's Church, Ballapousta, County Louth by NearlyNormal
Interior, St. Catherine's Church, Ballapousta, County Louth by NearlyNormal
St Catherine's Church, 1831, Ballapousta, County Louth, where my ancestors are buried. by NearlyNormal
Wedding Day by daheemackay
Murray family marker, St. Catherine's Church, Ballapousta, County, Louth. Gr-gr-gr-grandparents Henry and Mary Flanagan Murray are buried here as well. by NearlyNormal
Ballapousta National School, Ballapousta, County Louth. Replaced several older school houses in area. by NearlyNormal
Placque, Drakestown National School, Ballapousta, County Louth. Most of these buildings were built in the 1840's when the British allowed Catholics to be educated. Prior to the Catholic Emancipation of 1824, they were taught in hedge schools when a tutor was available. by NearlyNormal
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