School: Keelogues (roll number 13183)

Location:
Keeloges New, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121, Page 42

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  1. Long ago there were no schools as there are now, but the children were taught in the open air beneath a hedge. Those schools were known as Hedge schools. It is said that there were no Hedge schools in Keelogues but there were many of them in the neighbourhood of Balla where the woods were thickest.
    The school fee was ninepence or shilling per quarter year but many of the
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    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Danganmore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Danganmore, Co. Mayo