School: Tisrara (C.) (roll number 14930)
- Location:
- Four Roads, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Fhlaithbheartaigh
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- (continued from previous page)is a sign of rain. Another sign of rain is the spider coming out from the web.
When the swallow lies low and the wild birds come on to the land it is a sign of rain.Betty Mee
Coolderry,
Athleague.
- There was a hedge school in Tibarney village at onetime. There was also a school in Errick and in Jamestown. They were called hedge - schools.
The school in Jamestown was in the house of the teacher and in Tibarney the scholars were taught in a barn.
John Connelly taught in Tibarney and Mike Rogerson was the man who taught in Jamestown. They were natives of the place. Both lived in their own house. The scholars paid four pence a week for the instruction they got. History and Irish(continues on next page) - Collector
- Betty Mee
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolderry, Co. Roscommon
