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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0977, Page 298

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  1. The Hedge-Schools of Crosskeys

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    In the year 1835 there was a school in Loonogs with 102 pupils in attendance. There were seven other schools in the parish then, and in the year 1835 some of them were designated as day schools and some as Hedge Schools. Probably they had been all Hedge Schools prior to 1831, when the Board of National Education was set up, and that by 1835, most of them had been taken under the Board. The following local schools were in operation in 1835
    School No. of Pupils. Teacher.
    Loonogs 102 C. Kiernan
    Lislea Day School 54 C. Lynch
    Drumcannon Day School 45 P. Gallaher
    Drumacaddy 47 P. Tahy
    Lackenmore Hedge School 78 Jas. Molloy
    Lackenduff Hedge School 90 ---
    The school in Loonogs was held in the chapel which was then in Loonogs, and both of
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kevin Greene
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