School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)man named O Reilly taught and people from the district used to come there.
There was an other old school at Kearnes s of Kells. This school was in an old barn.
A man named Dempesy taught there.
He used to walk a very long jouney
The language taught was broken Irish, beacause of the English trying to make the Irish learn the English language.
The catholics (schoolmaster) could not employ a catholic teacher to teach his child.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kitty Lahert
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Denis Lahert
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny