School: Listowel (B.) (roll number 1797)
- Location:
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Brian Mac Mathúna
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- There was a hedge school in Tullig, Kilflynn, Lixnaw. It was taught by a man named Richard O'Callaghan. He used to slap the boys with a big walking stick. He had only a few boys so he retired and became a land surveyor which was a better job in that time.
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- Collector
- Kevin Sheehy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mr Sheehy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Long, long, ago there were two brothers and they and they went throug the country. Their names were Jack Stack and Jim Stack. Jack taught the girls and Jim the boys. Their price was two pence per month. Their hair was black.
- My father M. Granville of Greenville was going to this National school long ago. Dana Keane was teaching the infant(continues on next page)