School: Batterstown
- Location:
- Batterstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Seosaimhín, Bean Uí Raghallaigh
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- In the early part of the eighteenth century there was a hedge school in Castlerickard bog. The name of it was scoil na Seachrán. Sometimes school was taught in the farmers' houses, and other times it was in the heather and at the backs of the ditches.
There was a man named Mac Keon from Belfast teaching in it. This teaching(continues on next page)- Informant
- John Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 37
- Occupation
- Shopkeeper
- Address
- Brannockstown, Co. Meath