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School: Sráid na Cathrach (C.) (roll number 8851)

Location:
Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Úna, Bean Uí Bhroin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0623, Page 084

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    Old Schools.
    The schools long ago were called hedge-schools .
    The teachers were mostly strangers and they were better than the teachers nowadays.
    They used to teach in certain houses in Winter time ,but in Summer they used to teach in the fields or in a cow -house .
    they used to write on slates with pieces of pencil gravel ,and desks they had were piles of stones and flags on top of them.
    There was a hedge school in Kilcarcoran ,and it was held by the side of a wall on the top of which grew hawthorn bushes.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary T. Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    48
    Address
    Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare