School: An Clochar, Cara Droma Ruisc

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   Keane, who uses it as a barn. This school was roofed with green sods and the pupils sat on stones and sheaves of straw. They wrote with a quill. The man who taught in this school was one Mr. Beirne, and his usual fare was a penny a day. Those who did not give that kept for the night on their turns.

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2. Hedge-Schools

   

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   The remains of an ancient hedge-school are still to be seen in the townland of Killarga near the town of Drumahair. This hedge-school is surrounded by a fort.
   It consists of a large stone about eight yards long and

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