School: Kilmacow (B.) (roll number 14187)
- Location:
- Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: P. Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0843, Page 121
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- Long ago when hedge-schools were common there was an old hedge-school in in Knockhouse. The building is there yet and people were living in it up to about ten years ago. The teacher's name was Scully and a price was on his head but he was never betrayed by the people.
At that time there was a Bishop in the vicinity who was always hunted from place to place. One day the soldiers were hunting this Bishop. They caught the teacher and all his belongings such as books and forms. They saw a lot of words written in Irish. They thought it was the names of places where arms were kept but they were only phrases. The teacher was hanged.
- Collector
- James Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dangan, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Patrick Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Railway worker
- Address
- Dangan, Co. Kilkenny
