School: Drumcrave
- Location:
- Drumcrauve, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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- About fifty years ago, there was a hedge-school in the townland of Shankill. It was situated in the shelter of Shankill Forth, about two miles from County Cavan.
It was under a rock, over which, grew a bunch of whins. The people took such interest in learning that they supplied fire and light at their own expence.
A man name James Brady, from Alacken {?h} taught in this school. His pay was a penny a night from each pupil.
There were no pencils, nor pens at that time, and the children had to write with chalk on slates. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Tomás Mac Gabhann
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Stragelliff, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- James Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Stragelliff, Co. Cavan