School: Caisleán Nua (B) (roll number 15771)
- Location:
- An Caisleán Nua, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Seán S. Ó Faoláin
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- (continued from previous page)in this district not more than two hundred yards from the old national school. This old Protestant school was built by a Miss Hall who lived in Knockbrack for the purpose of proselitising.
When the Parish Priest of this parish at that time heard that some of the children of his parish were going to the Protestant school he was very much annoyed and thus he got up this old school in opposition to it. Previous to these old schools there were hedge school-masters. These teachers either taught under a hedge or in a cabin. They would go round from place to place and would spend a day or two in each district. Their favourite book was "Readin ma' daisey" which meant Reading made easy. This was an English book as there was no Irish taught at that time. The children wrote on slates with lead pencils. The master sat on a stool or stone and the pupils sat round him. There were very good scholars and the people liked them very well.
