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School: Tullaghanstown (roll number 9605)

Location:
Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Cába
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0698, Page 160

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    I made inquiries about hedge-schools but no one seems to know anything about them. Perhaps it would be what people in this district call "night" school.
    About seventy years ago there was a small farmer, named Jamsey Reilly, who taught lessons not to children but to grown up boys, who did not go to school earlier.
    He taught them to read and write. He was only paid the small sum of a few pence per lesson by
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tommy Tuite
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Bennie Tuite
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath