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Model School, Monaghan

Architect: Board of Public Works
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Austere Model School built by the Board of Public Works in 1860. Still in use today, the school had two separate entrances for boys and girls orignally. The northern end is reminiscent of the Workhouses and Asylums designed in this period by the Board.