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School: Tairbeart (C.)

Location:
Tarbert, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 027

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    Slates were used up to the time of pencils and copies.
    There was a black board at Tarmon's hedge school. Some of the children sat and the rest used to stand and used to change during the day.
    The children used to go to the school until the parents understood from the schoolmaster who educated his sons, that any of them was cute at his learning. The parents would make him a priest, a clerk or a schoolmaster. When the boy would have as much as the master he must go to a better master.
    The children showed more respect to their teachers
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tarbert, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs J. Buckley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Cockhill, Co. Kerry