School: Ballyuskill (B.), Ballyragget

Location:
Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
F. Mac Cárthaigh
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  1. There was a hedge school in Ballyouskill in Ben Fogarty's field. It was a travelling schoolmaster taught it it. The boys used to pay the master. There was about twenty going to it.
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  2. There was a Hedge School in Grennan. The schoolmaster used to talk Irish. The name of the schoolmaster was Conall Sullivan. The schoolmaster was paid for every boy he taught. He was a local schoolmaster.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Lawlor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grenan, Co. Laois
    Informant
    John Bret
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clorhaun, Co. Laois
  3. There was a Hedge School at Mick Griffiths in Castlemarket. The used to teach in the night. They used to write on a table. Mick Griffith was taught in it
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