School: Ballyvaldon (roll number 10792)

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1. Old Schools - Hedge School at Ballyvaldon (continued)

   

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   and the better off paid quarterly + what they paid Mr Belvin was not able to tell.

   The Masters house adjoined the school also the masters property. Here the instruction was in winter. The scholars gathered "brosna" and there was also some coal - no turf.
   The exact site of the school is well known.

   There were Hedge Schools at Crosshue, Ballyvooloo, Crois du Ruadh (in Blackwater Parish)
   The latter two were conducted by Kirwan + Wm. O'Neill respectively
   There is no mention of Irish being taught.

   

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2. Severe Weather

   

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   Mr Belvin says that in the year of the "big snow 1808" the people cut their way to the nearest potato pits + the pit for the time was common property. (In this district the potatoes are "pitted" at digging time) He also mentions that people of different townlands dug their way till they met gang working in opposite directions He thinks the snow fell about 6th Jan. The Big Wind of 1839 stripped many roofs completely in this districts

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   Topics

   1. próisis agus feiniméin
      1. doineann (~1,727)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   John Belvin

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   76

   Occupation

   Labourer

   Address

   Baile Bhaldain, Co. Loch Garman