School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)namely there was school taught in an out house belonging to Mr. Duggan who lived on the Callan road.
The field is called "The Wire Field" ever since.
There was broken Irish spoken by the teachers but the pupils were not taught to write Irish.
The books they used were called "Spelling Books" and they used to write with feather pens or quills.
The scholars used to sit on big stones or blocks of sticks all in a circle.
They never used blackboards, they always used(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