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School: An Druipseach

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Dripsey, Co. Cork
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Seán Ó Tuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0348, Page 241

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    In olden times there was a school near Kilmurray. This school was not a house but in one corner of the field they made a kind of a house by planting a close hedge of white-thorn about eight feet heigh and they roofed it over with branches and sods.
    In this school there was only one teacher whose name was Mr Herlihy of Berrings and in the depth of winter
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    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
    Mary O Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Agharinagh, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Patrick Hanlon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dripsey Model Village, Co. Cork