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1. Hedge-School in Feighcullen (continued)

   

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   and punished with the "Cat and Nine Tails" This was a stout stick with leather straps attached to it. Quill pens were in use and paper also but they had not slates or pencils. The pupils brought a sod daily to keep up the fire and a penny per week to pay the Teacher.
   English, Reading Writing and Sums were taught. Irish was neither taught or spoken. Neither was a Blackboard used. I was told this story by John Archibold and Lillie Donegan both of Feighcullen. Lillie Donegan's father attended this school.

   

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2. School under Protestant Manager

   

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   There was a Protestant Boarding School at Feighcullen long ago. The site where it stood is now occupied by a dwelling house and farmyard belonging to a Pat Sunnes, Feighcullen Rathargan. A boiler house now stands on the exact spot. The last

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Stapelton

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Address

   Feighcullen, Co. Kildare