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School: Mainistir Mhuigheó (C.) (roll number 14206)

Location:
Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Siobhán Ní Fhinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0100, Page 127

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    Long ago before national schools were built, school used to be held in barns.
    That kind of a school was called a hedge school, there was a hedge-school in my district, it was in a barn in the townland of Corlisland, a short distance from the present national school.
    It was a man that usually taught in the hedge-school, he taught school every day from ten o'clock until two, and if any of the pupils wanted to go home to do work during school hours, they would be let home any time. The teachers were not paid well, the children would bring a penny or twopence, whenever they would have it, some of them
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    17
    Address
    Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    George Hughes
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo