School: Lanesboro
- Location:
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford
- Teacher: E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0752, Page 307
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“There was a few hedge-schools in our district.”
(continued from previous page)school at the age of nine years. They used to learn English, Geography, Arithmetic and a few other subjects except Irish. They had no pens or pencils at that time. So they used to write on a slate. Every child had to bring a stool to sit upon in school and a bundle of sticks also They would have satchels made out of old bags also they buy a book that would do the whole family The teachers name was Mr John Thompson of Elphin This school was under a hedge beside the Shannon and it was called the Shannon School This school was started in 1913 There was a school in Newtowncashel and it was buried last year So all the children had to go to school in a barn. There was a school under a hedge in Rath... and there were 100 children going to it(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jeanette Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Ned Farrell
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford