School: Faughalstown (roll number 9622)
- Location:
- Faughalstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Gabhann
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- (continued from previous page)Bateman. The teachers were paid by the Government.
The subjects that were taught were, English, Catechism, Arithmatic and writing.
The Master was called the "Latin Master".
Behind a sheltery hedge in Grangestown, Castlepollard, school was carried on about a hundred years ago.
The master was a man named James Duffy. His wages consisted of a certain sum of money which the pupils brought him.
Patrick Haughey, Gartlandstown, Crookedwood.
Informant - Mr. R. Clinton, Gartlandstown, Crookedwood. - About 1840 there was a hedge school in Ranahinch. It was a thatched house on the side of the road which is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Bruton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ringstown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mr J. Bruton
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ringstown, Co. Westmeath