School: Lower Warren (roll number 7793)
- Location:
- Warren Lower, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Liam Mac Coiligh
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- (continued from previous page)news. Everyone was sorry for him especially the work men of Waterstown.
- On or about the year of 1830 a Hedge school master came to Maughana big Armagh Ballykeeva, Athlone) tot rach school. His house was composed of mud walls and thatched with leather. Each of the pupils brought a sod of turf every morning and one penny each week, also potatoes to help to support him. He taught all his pupils to read and write, and that was about all he taught them.
As he was reek foot one of his pupils - William Farrell write a poem about him.
This is some of it :-
"A Petigoque (Pedaqaque) come to his bog(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mattie Kerwan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolvuck Lower, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Ned Ward
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Coolvuck Lower, Co. Westmeath