School: Crowenstown
- Location:
- Baile Croín Beag, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: M. Ní Bhriain
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- (continued from previous page)Writing, Arithmetic, and Grammar. Some Irish was spoken by the master and pupils in school.The books used were very small, and the paper was very poor. Writing was done on a slate, because it was hard to get pencils and pens.The children sat on stools arranged around a table. A big slate was used for a black-board.The teacher remained in the school until he died.
- There was a hedge school at the crossroads, at Crowenstown. It was held in the field beside the present school. A master taught in this school. Master Mulligan taught in the hedge school, before he taught in the present school. He was a native, and he lived in his(continues on next page)
