School: Knocknagilla
- Location:
- Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Mac Giolla Críost
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 255
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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. - There was a 'hedge' school in this district long ago. The local name for it was Corrahoe School. The name of the man that owned the field where the school was situated, was Fargue Lee of Corrahoe. The name of the teacher who taught in it, was Mary Soden of Lathagloghan.
The school which consisted of a room and kitchen, was a farmers house. The teacher used to go home at night. The scholars paid the teacher at a rate of a schilling a quarter. Arithmetic, English, and Writing were taught in it. They wrote with quillpens, and they wrote on slates also, and they had a blackboard.
There was no Irish taught. The children were arranged in(continues on next page)
