School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

Location:
Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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    named Terrence Mc Mahon taught in it. They used to learn grammar and geography and everything liek us. The teachers were very cross and used to slap them very hard. The[y] used to get a half-crown every month from the children and that is all the pay the[y] got. They had schools out under the hedges and the master was called the poor scholar. The[y] had books written with a guill. [quill]
    Thomas Corry
    Derryfadda
    Dromindoora
    Caher, Feakle
    Co. Clare
    60 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Chorra
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Corry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare