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School: Drumandoora N.S. (roll number 12123)

Location:
Drumandoora, Co. Clare
Teachers:
Liam Mac Aodhaire Liam Airley
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    22nd March 1938
    Folklore.
    Long ago there were no national schools and the school- masters taught the children by the hedges with a tree as a desk.
    They had no pins only pencils and slates.
    The teacher was called the hedge -school and they moved from place to place very often.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dannie Mac Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumandoora, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Michael Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumandoora, Co. Clare