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   “Long ago the Ballyteague people used to come across the fields to Mass.”

   

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   Pim's bridge.

   Marcella Ennis, GrangeClare, Kilmeague, Naas, Co. Kildare.

   Told by: Patrick Cleary (80), GrangeClare, Kilmeague, Naas.

   There was a hedge-school long ago in Ballyteague in a field now owned by Keenan's, Ballyteague. The field is ever since called "The Master's Garden". The teachers names were Mr. Farrell, and Mr. Walsh. There was a Protestant school held in Thornton's in Ballyteague and Miss Bradford of Kilmeague, now Mrs. Young went down every morning to teach the Thorntons. In most of the farmers houses classes were

   

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   “There was a hedge-school long ago in Ballyteague in a field now owned by Keenan's Ballyteague.”

   

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   There was a hedge-school long ago in Ballyteague in a field now owned by Keenan's, Ballyteague. The field is ever since called "The Master's Garden". The teacher's names were Mr. Farrell, and Mr. Walsh. There was a Protestant school held in Thornton's in Ballyteague and Miss Bradford of Kilmeague, now Mrs. Young went down every morning to teach the Thortons. In most of the farmers houses classes were

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   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Marcella Ennis

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare

   Informant

   Patrick Cleary

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   80

   Address

   Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare