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School: Na Corráin (roll number 9938/9)

Location:
Currans, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Cormac Ó Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 163

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    Dublin. The great difficulty was that neither master nor pupils could write a decent English letter. Every letter should begin with “I take this pen in hand to endite you these four lines hoping to find you in as good state of health, as the mailing of this letter finds me at present, thanks be to God for his mercies to us all etc. etc. Some people today look down with scorn on the hedge-schools, but it was really their labours that kept education alive in Ireland during the Penal Times.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mr John Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullagubbeen, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Roche
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 77
    Address
    Currans, Co. Kerry