placenamesEmo
Ioma
A teacher’s history records practical changes to classrooms, sanitation and heating.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Ioma · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Emo · English · main form
Place & story
New rooms and community fundraising
June Davis’s history of Emo National School records a prefabricated classroom added in 1967 when a third teacher joined the staff. The arrival of the rural water scheme also enabled new toilets and wash-basins, replacing the earlier dry system. Between 1969 and 1971, staff and volunteers ran a weekly raffle to fund oil-fired heating in place of turf stoves. The school’s institutional account dates its old building to 1889 and records the children moving to new premises on 15 June 2009. [2] [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Emo. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Emo National School 1962–2001: school history · June Davis; Emo National School
- General Information: school building and 2009 move · Emo National School
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.