What is recorded here
Gortachoosh National School still has its name and 1890 date on the front, like a pupil who took the first instruction terribly seriously. Lessons have stopped, the building is in poor shape, but by God nobody can mark it down for forgetting to put its name on the work.
Detached four-bay single-storey former national school, built in 1890, no longer in use. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack, cast-iron rainwater goods and timber bracketed eaves. Pebbledashed walls with plaque to front elevation. Timber sash windows. Timber battened door with six-pane overlight. Front of site enclosed by rendered wall and gate.
Though now in poor condition, this former national school retains many original features such as the slate roof, timber sash windows, door with six-pane overlight and date and name plaque. This national school building type is found throughout County Leitrim. Some of the schools are still in use in a highly-altered form but this example retains its original plan and features.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30929001
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