School: Bán-Tír (C.) (roll number 2804)
- Location:
- Banteer, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle, Bean Uí Dheadaigh
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- (continued from previous page)Holidays of Obligation.
The school was begun in 1820 and continued until 1841 when the present Banteer National School was built. - Information from - Patrick Linehan Banteer Co. Cork.
Age - 62 yrs.On the night of the Big Wind 1839 one of the boys of a family named Murphy, Lyre, Banteer, woke up in the morning and found that the roof of the house was stripped. This occurred during their sleep.
This boy, Murphy, lived to a great age, and he was known as "Liam Fiadhain" because of his violent temper. This Liam used to tell that he attended a "Hedge School" in his younger days. This school was held in an old disused barn.Each pupil had his own Reader called "Reading made easy". The master had a long rod in his hand. He used take a sleep in the middle of the day. Occasionally he would wake up and draw the rod across(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nora Linehan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Banteer, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Patrick Linehan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Banteer, Co. Cork