School: Drumatemple (C.) (roll number 7055)
- Location:
- Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Treasa, Bean Uí Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0260, Page 227
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - About one hundred years ago there was a hedge-school in Rath which is about two miles from this school. Mr Timothy was the school master. He was a very good teacher. He spoke Irish but taught through English. He had many pupils both boys and girls. He lived in the district in which he taught. He was also a Land Surveyor and he surveyed the land for many people.
There was another hedge-school in Laragh which is about two miles from this school. Mr Flanagan who was a native of Ballinaheglish Co Roscommon taught there for sometime and afterwards he taught in Drimatemple National School.He was also a Surveyor and he taught the pupils in the locality how to survey land.
