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School: Cill Iubhair (roll number 10095)

Location:
Killure Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Ceithearnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0026

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    the teaching was different to now. Reading and writing and doing sums on slate and every boy had to bring two sods of turf every mornings in order to keep a fire. The teacher used to have to walk three miles every morning in Summer and in Winter he would go home with the children on their turn.
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    Once there was a hedge school held beside St Grellan's graveyard in Kilclooney. There were no seats nor desks at that time and the children and teacher used to have to sit on the ditch. The children used on slates with pencils. Their
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosie Grady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcloony, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Grady
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcloony, Co. Galway