• Slieverue Post Office which was part of the old Hartley residence was adjacent to the school on one side. This post office which was run by the Aylward and Hartley families since the beginning of the century closed forever on the 15th January 1993. The original building was later demolished to make way for a new house.

• Murphys shop was also adjacent to the school on the other side. The shop was owned and operated by 2 sisters, Nanny and Mary Murphy and their sister-in-law Mary. Their brother Dick was also the local postman. Pupils from the school were free to go to the shop at lunchtime to buy sweets and sometimes their lunch. Sadly the shop closed in 1980. Like the post office, the original building was demolished to make way for a new house.

 

• The main N25 road went through Slieverue Village until 1986. Up until then, all the traffic went right by the school gate. Thankfully, the by-pass was opened in 1986 taking the main bulk of the traffic behind the school.