School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn
- Location:
- Callainn, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Br. P. Ó Gairbheith
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There were many hedge schools in certain places around the district of Newtown.
A short distance from Newtown there is a place situated which is known as Rathculbin. In one of the fields there, a lime kiln is situated. This kiln can be seen from the road, and the present owner of that field is Mr Arthur Hutchinson. There was a hedge school in this kiln long ago. A man named O Leary thought there. He was a local man and he lived in Killiney.
In one of Mr Gorey's fields in Kells, there was also another hedge school. This field is below Meighan's(continues on next page)
