School: Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin) (roll number 12002)
- Location:
- Kilgevrin, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Proinsíos P. Ó Doláin
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- Before the national schools were built in some villages the people had no schools to send their children to and so a lot of them were taught at hedge schools. In Summer they would be taught out in the open air on the sunny side of a hedge. In Winter somebody would let them in to a barn In our village before the national school was built there was an old school up near the Tonemoyle bridge It was a very small school with a thatched roof upon it. The name of the Teacher was "Mark Roche." There were two rooms in the school a bed room and a school room. There were no desks in the school only a forum round the wall. The people say that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Mc Grath
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Kilgevrin, Co. Galway