School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- There were two hedge schools around this district one in Whitechurch and another in Rathculbin.
A man named O Reilly taught in Whitechurch out in the open air.
O Reilly was a local man with a fair ammount of knowledge and he slept at the homes of his scholars the parents of whom paid him for the education given to their children.
The teacher knew a great quntity of(continues on next page)- Collector
- Michael Duncan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Thomas Dungan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny