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Ballynafid National School

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Ballynafid National School
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Detached five-bay single-storey former National School, built c.1847, with projecting gable-fronted single-bay single-storey entrance porch to centre of front façade (southwest). Now in use as a community centre. Hipped natural slate roof. Constructed of coursed rubble limestone with square-headed window openings with splayed cut stone surrounds (flush), cut stone sills and replacement windows.' Ballinafid National Schools'. Square-headed doorcases to east face of porch and to east elevation with replacement timber doors. Carved stone plaque to front of entrance porch with inscription: 'These schools erected by a bequest of Mr James Carroll 1847'. Set back from road in own grounds with rubble limestone boundary wall to frontage (southwest). Single-storey extension to northwest corner.

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