School: Páirc na gCrann (roll number 16042)

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   In former times hedge-schools existed in this district. Usually school was held in the open, but during the colder months, the schoolmaster got a little barn from a farmer in the district. Local country teachers taught in their schools. Mr. Jennings and Mr. O'Malley taught in this district.

   School was also carried on in the farmers' houses. Generally the teachers lodged in this house for the period he was teaching in the district. The parents of the children gave the teachers one and sixpence every quarter for his payment. The teachers also taught behind the hedges, or sometimes in lonely glens in the district. In the Penal Days catholic children were forbidden to receive education from catholic teachers. The pupils took it in turns to keep watch for the approach of the English soldiers.

   Irish was not taught in these schools as it was strictly forbidden. English, spelling, geography and arithmetic were taught in the Hedge Schools: Writing was also done with pen, usually made locally from quills. When school was in the open, the children stood round the

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   History Edit

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   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire Nic Aodhagáin

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Cloghvoley, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Thomas Lavin

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   79

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Cloghvoley, Co. Mayo