School: An Cheapach, Askeaton

Location:
Cappagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Henry Mulligan
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    afford it for their education. The writing was done with a slate-pencil, and no pens were used at that time.
    The children used bring a big sod of turf to sit on in at school. The hedge school was situated in the middle of a field about a quarter of a mile from the road, and in the land of Thomas Casey Newbridge.
    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
    John Joe Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newbridge, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    John Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newbridge, Co. Limerick