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School: Srón (roll number 9090)

Location:
Shrone Beg, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Carrthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0452, Page 153

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0452, Page 153

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  1. Local Happenings (continued)

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    day without a breakfast or any sign of food. The people around this locality suffered heavy losses as all their sheep got lost in the snow on the hills.
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  2. Hedge-Schools

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    There were three hedge schools in this locality one hundred and seven years ago, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty.
    There was one in Cahirbernagh in a cowhouse belonging to Pad Cronin. There was another one in an outhouse belonging to Arthur Moynihan in Ratheen and there was another one in a cowhouse belonging to Thady Scannell in Gorthnagown. Pad Cronin was the teacher in Cahirbernagh and he lodged at home. Thady Scannell was the teacher in Gorthnagown and he lodged at home and Sandy the master was the teacher in Ratheen and he lodged
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Cronin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Awnaskirtaun, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Cornelius Cronin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Awnaskirtaun, Co. Kerry