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School: Leitir Bric (roll number 14924)

Location:
Letterbrick, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Grannacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0151, Page 512

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    In this district there were many hedge-schools before the National schools were founded. There was a hedge-school at Greigin Bridge on the Castlebar road. Nora Hegarty was teaching in it. She got a shilling a day. After she stopped teaching in the hedge-school she got married to John Loftus in Doonoroya. She had a hedge-school in Loftus's house for a long time and she got two shillings a day. She died two years ago. There was another hedge-school in Doonoroya where John Cawley now lives. In the hedge-schools, there were no chairs but in summer time the scholars sat on ditches. In winter the teacher would get the use of a house for the scholars.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mac Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tristia, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Mac Donnell
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 60
    Address
    Tristia, Co. Mayo