School: Clais, Athea (roll number 15100)
- Location:
- Keale, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Liam Ó Súilleabháin
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Hedge schools were in this district long ago. They were houses without furniture or desks. Master Riordan was one of the teachers that taught in those schools. He came from Abbeyfeale. The school was never carried on in the farmer's houses. They were paid monthly by the parents of the pupils. There were very few subjects taught in the hedge schools. They were taught Reading Writing and very little Arithmetic. Irish was not spoken by the teachers or pupils in these schools. Irish was never taught. There was very little instruction in the books they used. There was no blackboards used in the schools.
Written by Kitty Danaher
Related by Maurice Danaher Glenagore. 80 years
- Collector
- Bridie Dore
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Maurice Danaher
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Glenagower, Co. Limerick
