School: Donore (roll number 6668)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Nic Eóin
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There was a Hedge School at Marley's Lane near Drogheda. Patrick Curran was the schoolmaster who taught there. The subjects taught were Reading, Writing & Arithmetic. The pupils sat on stones and wrote on slates. He made good scholars.
Gerard Victory (Sgoláire)
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- Collector
- Patrick Lennon
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Maigh. Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Sheephouse, Co. Meath