School: Ballyvaldon (roll number 10792)
- Location:
- Ballyvaldon, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)and the better off paid quarterly + what they paid Mr Belvin was not able to tell.The Masters house adjoined the school also the masters property. Here the instruction was in winter. The scholars gathered "brosna" and there was also some coal - no turf.
The exact site of the school is well known.There were Hedge Schools at Crosshue, Ballyvooloo, Crois du Ruadh (in Blackwater Parish)
The latter two were conducted by Kirwan + Wm. O'Neill respectively
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- Informant
- John Belvin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Ballyvaldon, Co. Wexford