Clooneagh National School, County Leitrim

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Detached seven-bay single-storey former national school, built in 1868, with gabled entrance front. Hipped and pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks, vents and cast-iron rainwater goods. Cut limestone walls with tooled limestone quoins and date plaque. Timber sash windows. Flat-headed cut limestone arch to…

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Although now its condition has declined, Clooneagh School retains its strong architectural character. The treatment of its exterior with cut limestone masonry, unique roof plan and six-over-six timber sash windows gives this socially important structure aesthetic and technical appeal.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30935003

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