School: Ballyuskill (B.), Ballyragget

Location:
Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
F. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 247

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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Grace
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clorhaun, Co. Laois
    Informant
    John Grace
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clorhaun, Co. Laois
  2. There was a hedge school in Tim Murphys field my grandfather went to it Thomas Hayden taught in the Hedge school The school lasted only for a few years. It was in a barn they had it. The had to do sums on slates and wright on copies They had no blackboards. There was about fifty boys going to the hedge school. They only had to pay a penny a week. Every
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