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School: Cill Beathach (roll number 16807)

Location:
Kilbaha Middle, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Ceallacháin
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    “There was a head-school in Kilbaha and another in Shreahan.”

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    There was a head-school in Kilbaha and another in Shreahan. Mr Mulvihill was teaching in one school and Mr Sheahan the teacher of the
    About eighty years ago there was a Hedge school in Michael Hanrahan's field in Kilbaha. It was an old mud house and it was owned by Tom Price the teacher. The subjects taught were Sums, English reading, Geography, and Grammar. The children who were attending the school paid the teacher. They used write on slates with chalks which they got in the quarry.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Shine
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreen, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Patrick Shine
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derreen, Co. Limerick