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School: Cill Tormóir (Kiltormer) (Buachaillí)

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Kiltormer, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Muineacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0056, Page 0364

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    A Hedge School
    There was a hedge school over in Pullgarry. The school was held by a teacher who went around from place to place. The people of the place went and asked him to come and stay a few months teaching them. All the pupils gathered into a barn and he would teach them all he was able. Then every evening when school was over he would stay at some farm house. Every pupil would bring a penny to the teacher for that was the way he was paid. He taught reading, writing and arithmetic. The only way they had for writing was on a slate. Then the pupils who were the best were showed how to write on paper with a pen. The teacher made the pens from goose quills and the ink from blackberries.
    Michael Greaney, Kiltormer, Ballinasloe.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Greany
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kiltormer, Co. Galway