School: Wolfhill (roll number 3457)

Location:
Wolfhill, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Ó Dubhlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 215

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  1. There was a hedge - school in every district in olden times. The hedge - schools were nearly always in places of shelter. When a master or mistress would be teaching in a hedge - school the pupils would have to take him or her to their homes for a night, because the teachers had no home. The person who told me
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Rowan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glasna, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Patrick Conlan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glasna, Co. Laois