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School: Stuacán (roll number 14051)

Location:
Muingwore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhiadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 280

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    Paul Sweeney (11 years)
    Muingwore
    Corballa
    Co. Sligo

    Story got from
    Mr. P Sweeney

    AN OLD SCHOOL
    Three hundred years ago there was an old hedge school in Carra. It was built with clay and roofed with wattles and it had the look of poverty.
    The pupils who attended this school had nothing to sit on but little stools. The floor was made of huge cobble-stones.
    The pupils were taught reading, writing , arithmetic, and Irish.
    In summer-time they picked bill-berries and cran-berries in the bog nearby and made ink out of them.
    A man taught in this school but I do not know his name
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paul Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Muingwore, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr P. Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Muingwore, Co. Sligo