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School: Achadh Luachra

Location:
Aghaloory, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Ó Hárdaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0991, Page 041

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    The are no hedge schools in our district at the present time, but a few years ago there was one at Tommy Leddy's and another at Mrs Galligan's Kildarry. The local names for them were hedge-schools. One of those schools was in a lane and the other in a field. The name of the Teacher who taught in one of those schools was Murtagh. I do not know whether he was a stranger or not. School was not carried on in farmers' houses in our district. In those schools long ago the scholars used to pay the Teacher for the instruction he gave. The subjects that were taught in those schools were Arithmetic, Grammar, writing and reading. There was no Irish spoken by master and pupils in those schools. The pupils attendance was small
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Leddy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardleny, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Thomas Leddy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Ardleny, Co. Cavan