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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 516

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    sat on forms in the houses.
    The teachers got six pense from every child each week.
    The teachers taught Reading Writing, Arithmetic. They did now teach Irish. They did their Arithmetic on copy books. It was with pens they wrote.
    There were no desks in hedge schools. There were no maps or blackboards in them.
    The people did not like the hedge- schools because they had to pay for their children's education. This information was given to me by my grandfather.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Letterbrick, Co. Mayo