School: Killyon (roll number 7120)
- Location:
- Killyon, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Fithcheallaigh
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- Local Hedge SchoolsTold by Thomas Kearney, Clondalee Beg, Hill-of-Down, Co. Meath. Written by Barney Keegan, same place. There was a thatched chapel in Killyon and at night there used to be a school held in it. The chapel was burned the night of the big wind, 1839. There was a rush light burning and some of the thatch went on fire and the chapel was burned. All the men who were at school escaped.There was a hedge school at Blackshade, Hill-of-Down, Co. Meath and a man named Flanagan taught in it. All the children in this district(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Barney Keegan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clondalee Beg, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Thomas Kearney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clondalee Beg, Co. Meath