Caheraown National School Information Courtesy of Mrs. Catherine Talty, Coore According to the old records Caheraown National School had a relatively short lifespan, being in existence from 1868 to 1906. After it's closure it is more than likely that it's remaining pupils transferred to the schools of Coore, Shanaway, Doolough and perhaps Kinturk. At various places in the records the spelling of the schools name appeared in three variations - Caheraown, Cahiraown and Cahiraowen. The pupils who attended the school were one hundred percent Roman Catholic and came from a fairly wide-ranging area. Pupils came from Coore, Shanaway, Kinturk, Glaun, The Hand, Doolough, Mount Callan and many other townlands in between the extremities. Many of the people who lived in Kilmurry-Ibrickane today are direct descendants of these pupils. Some other family names are no longer to be found in the area. Like most other areas, emigration no doubt played a part in this. The vast majority of the parents of the pupils were farmers. A few were the children of herdsman, labourers, shopkeepers, publicans, weavers, a teacher, widows, a beggar, a merchant, a tailor, a widower and an orphan. Many of the people listed as herdsman would eventually have owned their own farms. Last Name First Name Address Month Day Year Parent's Occupation (if available) Looney Anne The Hand March 7 1898 Looney Thomas Clounlaheen November 30 1874 http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcla/school.html