School: An Cnoc (B.) (roll number 16122)
- Location:
- Knock, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Riain
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- Schools was held under hedges or in barns. In this locality there was a teacher called Jennings. He was a strange, a southerener. The teacher went round on turn with his scholars and stayed with them. The pay the teachers got was their keep, they got no money. Reading, writing, and arithmetic were the principal subjects taught. They also taught Christian Doctrine. All subjects were taught through English. They used write on(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knock, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Mulligan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Drum, Co. Mayo