School: Cnoc Breac

Location:
New Inn, Co. Galway
Teacher:
M. Ó Maoldúin
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    a week at the house of each pupil. They were not paid by the state but by the children who were attending school. The fee was: a shilling per quarter for each child in the junior division, and five shillings per quarter for each senior pupil.
    There was a hedge school in Grange about 1/4 mile from the grave yard. Here a man named Rowan taught.
    There was another school where Miss Lynch's shop is now situated where a man named Power a native of Gurteen held night school.
    Another school was situated in an old disused
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kevin Higgins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrynamanagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Melody
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Corrabaun, Co. Galway