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Dawros National School

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Dawros National School
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Dawros National School has “Dauros” carved on its plaque. A lovely spelling test: agree with the map and contradict the school, or agree with the school and contradict the map. Put your pencil down, Mary; this one needs a solicitor.

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Detached six-bay single-storey schoolhouse, built c. 1860, originally with pair of single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting porches to south. Renovated, refenestrated and extended to south in late twentieth century with four-bay single-storey lean-to infill return. Now disused. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, artificial slate to south west and south, and having rendered central chimneystack with corbelling. Random red sandstone walls with grey limestone quoins and painted plaque reading "Dauros National School" in carved limestone. Limestone sills, lintels and reveals to replacement windows. Steel railings to road, original location of entrance visible in retaining wall, now entered from rear.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21310102

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Ulrich Hartmann, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Angela Herlihy, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Vadim Manuylov, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; dalvenjah on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; N Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; Robotforaday at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Nigel Cox, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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