School: Baile an Gharrdha (B.) (roll number 2909)
- Location:
- Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Conaill
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- So far as can be found the hedge school masters of this place long ago were "The Great O Baggott, John Croke, John Murphy, John Murphy (2), John Moore and Thomas Dalton- Cronin-Farrell.
The Great O Baggott was a member of the United Irish Society. Once Lord Edward Fitzgerald " the leader of the '98 rebellion visited him at Ballingarry and met him at the Bridge House now Sheehys public house.
O Baggott also worked in union with Robert Emmet and had plans prepared for the capture of Limerick in 1803. These plans failed O Baggott died in Charleville in 1806 and is buried in Kilmacow graveyard about three miles east of Ballingarry. His school was in a field now belonging to Peter Dunworth at Tinkers Cross about a mile from Ballingarry. One of his pupils was John Croke who afterwards taught a hedge school near Ramhorn Line about three miles south west of Ballingarry.
Patsy Mangan of Frankfort dead over twenty years was one who attended Croke's school.
Crokes son became a professor. Professor John O Byrne Croke and was a professor of Blackrock College Dublin until his death in 1918.
John Murphy taught at Knockfierna near the house of Mrs Broderick(continues on next page)- Collector
- John Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Michael O' Grady
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 81
- Informant
- Mrs Kiley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Ballyguilebeg, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Pat Cronin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Doonbeirne, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mr Murphy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60