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'...not so much the love of God and certainly not the love of our neighbour but the avoidance of Hell'
The biggest item on the agenda for us growing up in the 1940s and 1950s was religion, not so much the love of God and certainly not the love of our neighbour but the avoidance of Hell. In first class (8 year olds) Fr Hearn came in one day to enquire…
Tags: catechism, Catholicism, dogma, Education, punishment, religion, sin
'The Master held the cane in his hand most of the time as keeping order was a big part of his job'
School in Strabane was the Convent (5-6 years old) and Barrack Street Boys' Primary (7-14 years old). In Northern Ireland you had to pass the '11 plus' in order to access 2nd level (St Columb's in Derry). The standard of education in Barrack St…