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School: Drumakill (roll number 6365)

Location:
Drumakill, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Florence Harrison
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 027

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    Very little news can be got from the old people about schools long ago in this neighbourhood. Many of the people can neither read nor write and we are lead to think that the education they got was very little. An old man remembers hearing of his forefathers attending a hedge school in Drumgoose where they were taught the three Rs. A local poet said:-
    "Paddy Byrne was a man of very great knowledge O.
    Behind a quick set hedge in a bog he kept his college O."
    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
    James Patterson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumakill, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mr Barney Callan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Address
    Drumgoose, Co. Monaghan