School: High St. (C.), Belmont
- Location:
- Belmont, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Annie Phelan
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- XML School: High St. (C.), Belmont
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- XML “The Hedge-School in Clonbonniff”
- XML “Hedge-School in Clondelara”
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- Collector
- Kathleen Doolan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisclooney, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Paddy Doolan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisclooney, Co. Offaly
- My Grand-mother was educated in a hedge school on Clondlara. It was an old barn that was shaded by a sandpit at the end of the boreen which goes through that townsland. Every child brought a sod of turf to make a fire, and they used stones as seats. The one book did them all. It was called the "Reading made easy". The people paid the teachers three-pence a week(continues on next page)