School: Srónaill (Shronell) (roll number 15008)
- Location:
- Shronell, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Liam Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0580, Page 182
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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. - The flu epidemic was there during the years 1918 and 1919. It was very bad around this district. Nearly every person around the district got the flu. Some got alright, others did not. There used to be two people dead together in many houses.
- 1. About 200 hundred years ago in the time of the penal laws, there were very few National Schools in Ireland, only the hedge schools, built with mud, thatched with rushes and a hole in the mud to leave out the smoke.
2. There was a few hedge schools locally namely(continues on next page)
