School: Nurney (roll number 16345)
- Location:
- Nurney, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: S. Ó Buadhcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0780, Page 135
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- (continued from previous page)in Cromwell's time at a rent of 2s -6d per acre.
- The Pigeon House is an octagonal building and is built near the right bank of the Tully River nearly opposite Nurney Castle. It is built on a hillock which contains the remains of a still older building. The roof of the Pigeon House was blown off in the big wind of 1839. There is no similar Pigeon House in Ireland but there are similar ones in France
- There was a hedge school kept by Mrs. Boyce at Mylerstown Cross in her mud cottage. The pupils were taught reading only. Stones were used as seats. There was another hedge school at Walterstown road. The first parochial school was opened in 1850. The building was previously a public house
- Collector
- Francis Bohan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Nurney, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Stephen O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Nurney, Co. Kildare
