School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 164
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- There used to be an old hedge school in Calliagh. The children would go to it about twelve o'clock and would go home again about five. They were taught in it Catechism, English, and Arithmetic. The children would bring bread and some of them would bring a couple of potatoes with them. the master took some tea and bread.
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- Collector
- Mary Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- John Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- They paid six pennies each every two weeks. There was a master and he taught them a lot of things. The children took oaten bread. Every one of the children had to bring a turf with them. When they were about twelve years old they stayed at home altogether and(continues on next page)
