Stair Na Scoile / School History
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Satharn 24.10.2014 – Músaem Lae / Pop-Up Museum
We were delighted to receive for display many, many items of interest - household implements, farm & bog tools, school-books, personal items, clothes, photographs, sports medals & trophies, toys, coins, etc. Many visitors stayed for a cup of tea & a chat about the items on display. We welcomed TG4 & Galway Bay FM to report on the event.
 Online Heritage Archive of school & locality:- We would love to copy as many photos as possible, to preserve them for the enjoyment of future generations. Many thanks to those who have already lent photos to be digitally scanned. We are adding photos all the time to our online archive! Photos may be emailed to oifig@barnaprimaryschool.ie or dropped to school to be scanned & returned to you. Please supply any info. you can with photos - eg names, date, location. Many thanks to Brendan Smyth of DERI & BEO for his valuable advice & assistance. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Is é an chéad tuairisc ar scolaíocht nó oideachas i mBearna ná ranganna sa séipéal ar an mbóthar go Trá na gCeann. Lean an oideachas sa séipéal go dtí gur osclaíodh scoil nua na mbuachaill in 1864 - in aice na cúirte liathróid-láimhe ar thalamh Uí Loinscigh. Foirgneamh aon-seomra amháin a bhí ann, gur teach cónaithe anois é le muintir Ó Bhroin, suite trasna ón séipéal atá in úsáid faoi láthair. The first recorded mention of schooling or education in Barna relates to classes being held in the Chapel on the road to Silver Strand. This continued to be the place of education until the new boys' school was opened in 1864 – beside the handball alley on the Lynch estate. This was a one-classroom building and is now the house owned by the O’Byrne family, opposite the present church.
Sa ghriangraif thuas feictear "Scoil na mBuachaill, Bearna 15.2.1926". Buíochas do Cháirt Fagan (Seoighe), Bearna & Ros a'Mhíl, iarscoláire - tá a seanathair féin, John Fagan, sa ghriangraif seo. The photo above shows: "Scoil na mBuachaill, Bearna. 15.2.1926". Many thanks to Cáit Fagan (Seoighe), Bearna & Ros a'Mhíl, a past pupil herself and whose Grandfather John Fagan appears in this photograph. An tUasal Mícheál Mac Donnchadha, Caitliceach, a bhí mar mhúinteoir sa scoil seo. Íocadh dá phingin an scoláire dó in aghaidh na seachtaine. Bhí thart ar 30 nó 40 dalta aige. Seomra ranga 30 x 20 x 12 troigh a bhí ann. The teacher was Mr. Michael McDonagh, a Catholic. He was paid 2 pence per week per scholar. There were around 30 or 40 pupils. The room was 30ft x 20ft x 12ft.
Thosaigh beirt deirfiúr, dárbh ainm Loinscigh, scoil aon-seomra do chailíní i dTeach Bhearna. "A location of more pleasing prospect would be hard to imagine" an cur síos a bhí ag James Hardiman faoi Theach Bhearna, ina leabhar stairiúl ón 19ú chéad. Tógadh an teach seo sna blianta 1700 ag muintir Uí Loinscigh, ceann de Threibheanna na Gaillimhe. Seasann an teach ar shuíomh Caisleán Uí Alluráin ón 16ú chéad. Breathnaíonn an teach ó dheas trasna Trá na gCeann go sléibhte Chondae an Chláir agus an Bhoireann.
D'fhreastal idir 15 agus 25 cailín ar scoil anseo. Seo an ionad oideachais do chailíní na háite go dtí gur tógadh an scoil nua i Saor Phort in 1856. Seomra ranga 40 x 20 x 12 troigh a bhí ann. Bhí 'foirmeacha' nó binsí ann, de thart ar 8 - 9 troigh an ceann, le suí orthu, mar a bhí i scoil na mbuachaillí.
Two Miss Lynches started a one-classroom school for girls in Barna House. "A location of more pleasing prospect would be hard to imagine" is how James Hardiman's history, written in the 1800's, described Barna House. Built in the 1700's by the Lynch Family, one of the historic tribes of Galway, Barna House stands on the site of the earlier 16th century Castle of the O'Hallorans. The house looks south across Trá na gCeann / Silver Strand towards the Hills of Clare and the Burren. Classes here were attended by between 15 – 25 girls. This was the place of education for girls until the new school was built in the townland of Freeport in 1856. This was a single room measuring 40ft x 20ft x 12ft. The furniture comprised of ‘forms’ (benches) about 8 to 9 ft long and tables, the same as in the boys' school. De bhar laghdú ar an méid buachaill sa cheantar, tháinig an dá scoil le chéile in Iúil 1937, ar shuíomh scoil na gcailíní in Saor Phort (áit atá an scoil faoi láthair). Cuireadh leis an bhfoirgneamh agus thug an scoil seo oideachas do bhuachaillí agus cailíní na háite. Due to the decline in the number of boys in the area, the two schools were amalgamated in July 1937, on the site of the girls' school in Freeport (current school site). It was enlarged and catered for the educational needs of both boys and girls in the area.
Bhí dá sheomra ranga, seomraí cótaí agus leithris taobh amuigh. Tháinig an teas ó thine oscailte i ngach seomra agus bhí an nós ag na páistí dá phíosa móin a thabhairt ar scoil leo in aghaidh an lae chun cur leis an tine.
Múineadh do na buachaillí Léitheoireacht, Scríbhneoireacht, Uimhríocht, Tíreolas (Éireannach agus Eorpach) agus Cuntasaíocht, chomh miath le Triantánacht, Ailgéabar, Eolaíocht agus Garraíadóireacht. Na daltaí a d'fhan ar scoil chomh fada le Rang 7, bhíodar in ann dul díreach chuig an ollscoil.
There were two classrooms, cloakrooms and outdoor toilets. Heating was provided by a fire in each classroom and it was the custom that each child attending school brought two sods of turf with them daily to provide fuel for the fires. The subjects taught in the boys' school were Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography (Irish and European) and Book-Keeping, which went as far as double entry, cash accounts and personal accounts. Trigonometry, Algebra, Science and Horticulture were also taught. If pupils stayed in school long enough to finish 7th class, they could go straight to university.
Níor tháinig páistí ar scoil go rialta go dtí go rabhadar in aois seacht mbliana. Bhí go leor le déanamh taobh amuigh den scoil san earrach, sa samhradh agus ag tús an fhómhair. Bhí feamainn le bailiú san earrach (le cur ar an talamh), móin le baint sa samhradh agus ansin an féar le baint. San fhómhair, bhí na barraí le tógáil ó na páirceanna - ina measc fataí, turnapaí, meaingil agus coirce. D'fhás chuile teach a chuid bia féin agus bhí na páistí ag teastáil go géar chun obair a dhéanamh don teaghlach. The attendance of children at school was not continuous after the age of 7. The busy seasons were spring, summer and early autumn. There was sea-weed to be gathered in spring (to fertilise the land), turf to be cut in summer and then the harvest had to be saved. In the autumn, among a wide range of crops, the main focus was on potatoes, turnips, mangolds and oats. Homesteads had to be as self-sufficient as possible so the children were needed to help at home at busy times.
Sna 1960aidí agus 1970aidí, tháinig méadú thapaidh ar dhaonra Bhearna. I 1971, cuireadh prefab dá-sheomra leis an scoil agus faoi 1971 bhí ceathrar ag múineadh sa scoil. I 1974, nuair a tháinig an 5ú agus 6ú múinteoir chun na scoile, cuireadh prefab eile dá-sheomra leis an scoil.
In the late 1960’s and during the 1970’s the population of Bearna increased rapidly. In 1971, a two-roomed prefab was added and by 1972 there were 4 teachers in the school. In 1974, when the 5th and 6th teachers were appointed, another two-roomed prefab was added to the school. (References – ‘Bearna agus Na Forbacha a Local History’ compiled by Barna ICA and ‘In Castle and Cabin' by George Pellew) Míle buíochas le Séamus Hickey, sean-athair Lia & Jana, for compiling the above * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dúchas.ie - Bailiúchán Seanfhocail ó daltaí na scoile seo sna 1930idí Collection of seanfhocail (sayings) collected by pupils from this school in the 1930s Bailiúchán béaloidis atá ann a chnuasaigh páistí scoile in Éirinn le linn na 1930idí. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I 1982 tógadh an fhoirgneamh dá-stór atá in úsáid anois chun freastal ar dhaonra na háite, a bhí fós ag méadú. In 2010, leagadh an dá prefab a bhí fágtha agus tógadh dá sheomra ranga nua-ainseartha ina áit. In 2013, tógadh seomra nua Oideacha Speisialta, a osclaíonn amach ar ghairdín na scoile ar chúl.
In 1982 the current two-storey building was erected to cater for the ever increasing population in the area. This replaced the old building and prefabs in accommodating all of the pupils. In later years, two of the prefabs again came into use as classrooms. However, in the summer of 2010, Scoil Shéamais Naofa removed the two remaining prefabs, and replaced them with two modern, newly built classrooms. In the summer of 2013, a prefab which had been in use as a Special Education Room, was replaced with a permanent building, housing two Special Education Rooms and ancillary services. This building opens onto our recently-developed school garden.
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Aoine 2.9.2011 an lá deireanach do Mary Duffy mar rúnaí na scoile. Bhí Mary anseo sé bhlian-déag & bhí chuile duine uaigneach slán a rá léi! 2nd September 2011: Mary Duffy retired after sixteen years as secretary of Scoil Shéamais Naofa. We were all very sorry to say goodbye to Mary! ******************************************************************************************* Ar 29ú Feabhra 2012, d'éirigh Tríona Ní Dhroighneáin as an múinteoireacht. Bhí Tríona ag obair anseo beagnach 37 bliain, mar Phríomhoide Tánaisteach ó 2008.
Go n-éirí an bóthar leat, a Thríona!!
On 29th February 2012, Tríona Ní Dhroighneáin retired from teaching. Tríona taught for over 36 years in this school, as Deputy Principal since 2008. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Fáilte! Welcome! Bienvenue!Willkommen! Üdvözlöm! Dobrodošli! MEITHEAMH / JUNE 2012: Tionscnamh Comenius (Project) "Sowing the Seeds of the Future" Chuireamar fáilte roimh cuairteoirí ón Fhrainc, ón nGearmáin, ón tSlovéin & ón Ungáir / We welcomed visitors from France, Germany, Hungary & Slovenia:
Senior pupils acted as guides & photographers. We performed a concert of Irish & international music, dance & songs. Go raibh míle maith agaibh to Bearna ICA who demonstrated traditional Irish crafts. Click here for Joe O'Shaughnessy's photos of the Comenius concert! * * * * * * * * * * * * * 18ú Deireadh Fómhair 2013: Cuairt ó Uachtarán Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann
Visit from INTO President, Brendan O'Sullivan on the day we opened our new resource room (Seomra 11 - 'Inis Mór') * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * IAR-SCOLÁIRÍ CÁILIÚLA / SOME FAMOUS PAST PUPILS: ********************************************************************************* 'Beo' Irish Digital Heritage Archives* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Ba bhreá linn scéalta & griangraifeanna iarscoláirí a fháil le cur leis an leathanach seo. Is féidir dul i dteangmháil leis an scoil ar 091-592575 nó oifig@barnaprimaryschool.ie We would love to hear stories and copy photos of past-pupils, in order to add to this page. You can contact the school on 091-592575 or oifig@barnaprimaryschool.ie  |
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