School: Rath Sionnaigh
- Location:
- Rashenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Suibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1122, Page 202
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- There was a hedge school in this district at the time of the Penal Laws, and sometimes they were called Domsgols. There was one of these schools held in Arda-hesgán in the townland of Ardascanlin. This was a place where there were three rocks, and the children sat on these rocks, and it was a man called James Roe that taught. James Roe was a native, and he always taught out in the open air. The way the teacher was paid everyone would pay a shilling every three months. Irish, writing, and reading was taught at these schools, and they wrote on slates. There was another hedge school in the townland of Camada.(?)There was a hedge school at Ros Lin in the townland of Rashenny. This field was rocky, and there was a lot of whins in it, and it was held behind these whins. The man that(continues on next page)
