School: Gearrbhaile (Garbh-dhoire?) (roll number 12110)
- Location:
- Garbally, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Giollabháin
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 203](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0077%2FCBES_0077_203.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 203
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Gearrbhaile (Garbh-dhoire?)
- XML Page 203
- XML “Hedge Schools”
- XML “Animal Stories”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)was "Reading made Easy" - an English text book. The best pupil was given three pins to be worn for that day. Slates were used for writing on.Subjects taught were history, geography, arithmetic, writing and Christian Doctrine. English was the language used except when teaching Christian Doctrine, which was taught through the medium of Irish, the then home language of pupils.There was another Hedge School in Ryehill where a woman taught. Tradition has it that she experienced great difficulty in getting her pennies from her pupils.
- Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.