School: Ráth na Loch (C.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 17000)

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   The teachers used to sit in the middle of the house and the pupils around the house. The teachers had a stool or chair, I dont think the pupils had either. Some of these pupils were 20 years and over. I dont know if the teacher had a blackboard, but the pupils had pencils made by themselves in the pencil quarries. I dont think the three schools were going on together or the teachers were at the same time.

   

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2. Hedge-Schools

   

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   There was an old hedge-school in a field at the top of Ranalough and some years later the class removed into an uninhabited house where the old forge stands now. It was taught by a man by the name of Mr Rallins who is supposed to be a native of Scataglin. He used to go a night with each of his scholars and this was his payment. The man was an Irish-

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Butler

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ranalough, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Thomas Butler

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   55

   Address

   Ranalough, Co. Kerry