School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- Long ago, there used to be school in the hedges or in old houses and ditches.
There was a hedge school in a field on the new road near Dunnamaggin the field belongs to Mr. Moore at present and it was in the open air they had to teach.
There was also an old school in Dunnamaggin and a man named Patrick Dempsey who lived near the village of Dunnamaggin taught in this school.
School was carried on in some outhouses(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ailís Ní Glionnán
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- James Glendon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
