Radical Reform in Irish Schools, 1900–1922 by Teresa O’Doherty & Tom O’Donoghue

Author:Teresa O’Doherty & Tom O’Donoghue
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030742829
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Many mechanical misfortunes befell the troupe because of the poor quality of the roads and encounters with animals and carts, but the conversation was good-humoured and the visitation of schools continued:When we arrived at some outlying village accompanied by his two officials he would enter the school and present all of us to the headmaster, and while we were talking to the children he would examine the report given by the Inspector of Education and talk school problems with the headmaster. Then he would single out children and ask them questions in mental arithmetic. Meanwhile Dr. Mahaffy gathered a group of girls and boys and, with the permission of the headmaster’s assistant, led them outside to a field where he talked to them about wild flowers and birds…My father asked some of the boys to recite a poem, and after that a group of children read the Casket Scene from the Merchant of Venice. The encouragement of Shakespeare in all the Irish schools was an article of faith of my father.73

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