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School: Collon (roll number 14579)

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Collon, Co. Louth
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Bean Uí Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 182

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 182

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    “A hedge schoolmaster taught at Mosycon at Strinagh.”

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    Sometimes the scholars sat around him on the floor, and sometimes on small three-legged stools.
    The scholars wrote in a bold upright fasion and wrote with pens made from goos-quills and the ink was made from elder berries.
    He taught French and Greek and Irish to the children.
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    “The following are the hedge-schools which were formerly in this district at Balrenny, Slane, Co. Meath, there was a school, a small thatched hut and partitioned of this was a forge.”

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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Devine
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kellystown, Co. Louth