Rockfield NS showing the original two rooms of the school. These are now a small section of a much enlarged school. On reading in primary school, and with a special mention of the Famous Five, Enid Blyton series Books were scarce in rural Sligo in the 1950s and early 1960s when I attended our small… Continue reading Michael Farry on Reading in Childhood
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Dr Damien O’Muirí’s Enid Blyton books
The Dr Damien O’ Muirí Collection of Enid Blyton books at museumofchildhood.ie Dr Damien O Muirí ( Damien Murray ) “Damien was born in Walkinstown, in a new housing estate built for civil servants. His father was a shoemaker, with a shop on Essex Street ( now Temple Bar) and his mother a civil servant,… Continue reading Dr Damien O’Muirí’s Enid Blyton books