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The Scholar's Pleasant Life: The History of Irish Education - The Irish Education Experiment: The National System of Education in the Nineteenth Century, by Donald H. Akenson. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970. 430 + x pp. $12.50. - National School Inspection in Ireland: The Beginnings, by E. Ó Héideáin. Dublin: Scepter Books, 1967. 21s.
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