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School: Craughwell (B)

Location:
Craughwell, Co. Galway
Teacher:
E. Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0035, Page 0118

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  1. Local Hedge-Schools

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    Before the “National Schools” was built the people of Craughwell got their education in an old house owned by Patrick Gilligan. The place where the hedge school was is only a cabbage-garden now owned by Mr. Edward Maloney.
    The school was only a room in a thatched house owned by the Gilligans - Patrick, Mary and Celia. Patrick was the principal teacher and Mary and Celia were his assistants. They made their own ink from elderberries and wrote with a goose quill. They had a blackboard and chalk. The chalk was made from “orb bruiser.” English and Irish was taught in it.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mrs Conway
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Craughwell, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Francis Finegan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Craughwell, Co. Galway