School: Convent of Mercy, Athlone

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   Hege Schools

   The Hedge Schools were chiefly in country discricts. The pupils went without shoes and carried a few sods of turf for a fire. Teaching was done in an old hut and sometimes under the hedge. In the hut the pupils sat on planks around a table in the middle of the floor.
   The teachers in these schools travelled around from one district to another and were usually strangers. The parents of the children supplied them with food. The most noted in the district was Micky Flanagan. He taught at Briarfield and there were fifteen

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   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Miss B. Gavin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Auburn Terrace, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Mr Malynn

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Saint Columba's Terrace, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Mr Martin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Excise Street, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Mrs Feeley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Barry Beg, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Mrs Muldoon

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kiltoom, Co. Roscommon