School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- There was a hedge school on the side of the hill of Cnocspullagolaun about ninty years ago. An old woman taught a little crowd of pupils there. She was a stranger. She had a little house of her own in the village of Bun Buide in the parish of Balla, Co Mayo. The pupils paid for their teaching every month.
The teacher was fond of Irish and spoke very little English in presence of the pupils. Every pupil had a slate and a slate pencil on which he did all(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maisie Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Martin Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo