School: Listowel (B.) (roll number 1797)

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   old fashioned in person and conduct. When calling the rolls one day he came to Daniel and Michael Enright "Absent sir" was reply. "Ah!" said the old teacher. "The new Colavies". This was the name he got for that part of the parish known as the Lots. He always used a crooked-handled cane and fancied it very usefull to put around the boys necks and draw them in for punishment.

   

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2. Hedge-Schools

   

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   Long ago there were two hedge schools one in Ballydonoghue and the other one was in Lisselton. The schoolmaster's name in Lisselton was James Long and the master's name in Ballydonoghue was Buachaill Stack. They used to go to their pupils houses and the best of the boys used to go to a Latin school that was at my grandfather's house in Ballydonoghue (John Collins). The master's name was Dan Collins and it was he who taught Father Mc Namara and Bishop Moriarty. Dan Collins was from Cork.

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   Topics

   1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
         1. foirgnimh
            1. scoileanna (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Daniel Collins

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lios Tuathail, Co. Chiarraí

   Informant

   Maurice Coughlin

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   79