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School: Gort na Gaoithe (roll number 14218)

Location:
Windfield, Co. Galway
Teacher:
M. Ó Lócháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0027

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0027

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  1. A Hedge-School (continued)

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    and Irish but they were not taught how to write Irish. The kind of writing pens the had was quils the always wrote on their knee. There was two school books one called reading made-easy and the spelling book. The name of the teacher was Raymond Mullen he was born in Derry. My grandfather came from that place.
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  2. Basket-Making

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    About forty years ago in the year 1888 basket making was very common in this locality, all the old people knew how to make baskets.
    Before the baskets were made the rods were left a few days to season. Then they are woven and baskets are made of them. Twenty rods were suffishent for every basket.
    The best basket-maker around this locality was Tom Creaven native of Gunnoade.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. basket-making (~471)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Tyrrell
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Gunnode, Co. Galway