 St. Aiden's N.S., Monasteraden |
 4th,
5th and 6th classes from St. Aiden’s National School,
Monasteraden, Co. Sligo completed this Heritage Project. Our
teacher’s name is M. O’Gara. In June we visited the three sites – St. Attracta’s Well, Clogher Stone Fort (Cashelmór ) and Monasteraden Graveyard (Cashel na Manastragh) with Joyce Enright. (See the sites on our map) In September and October we continued the work and completed the project on November 10th. We are very proud of our short film on the three sites (click here to view).The film uses footage from our Fís films ‘Heroes and Princes’ and ‘The Tallystick’. We also use photos taken during the project. The background music is by Matt Molloy a native of the area. The tune is called ‘The Babbling Brook’. |
| OUR SCHOOL |
 In 1870
there was a school in Monasteraden, which was divided into
separate girls' and boys' sections. There were 138 boys and 158
girls on the roll and the average attendance was 48 and 51
respectively. The present school 'St. Aiden's N.S.' stands in the village of Monasteraden (Mainistir Aodháin) on the western shores of Lough Gara. It is a 3 teacher school and was officially opened in January 1974 by Doctor James Fergus, Bishop of Achonry (1947 - 1976). A further extension was built on to the school in 2008 and this was officially opened by Minister O'Keeffe (Minister for Education and Science) in November 2008. The current staff consists of David O'Gara (Principal), Anne Moriarty (Deputy Principal), Marian Nally (Infant Teacher), Ruth Towey (Learning Support Teacher) and Margaret Haran (Déis Home School Rural Co-ordinator). The present enrolment stands at 78 children. The following teachers have taught in St. Aidens - Christy Geaney (Principal), Marie Sharkey, Teresa Murtagh, Nuala Cahill, Mary Fitzmaurice, Seamus Devaney, Ruth Connor, Margaret Duffy, Mary Carr and Barbara Doyle R.I.P. St. Aiden’s National School is an amalgamation of the following schools: Coolavin, Clooncunny, Townaghbrack and Cross |