School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)
- Location:
- Aghagower, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Hannah T. Kevilla
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- In olden times very few people in Ireland were educated. Those who received any education got it in hedge schools. Sometimes the hedge school masters taught in open air in huts or in barns given by the people of the district. The school master remained in each district only a month when another took his place and continued for another month. The subjects that were usually taught in the hedge schools were Latin, Irish and English. In some cases the schoolmaster was paid a penny a day for each pupil he taught. In other cases he got his board and his lodgings as payment. In the Parish of Aughagower there were five hedge schools.
- Collector
- Thomas Noonan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghagower, Co. Mayo