School: Cnoc an Doire (B.) (roll number 2418)

Location:
Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Seaghdha
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  1. 1. Rockfield Hedge-school
    This school was situated in Rockfield, Faha, Beaufort. It was at the southern gable of Daniel Bowler's dwelling-house.
    It was a mud-walled, thatched cabin containing two rooms and a kitchen. One room and the kitchen were knocked down in the year [?]. The last occupant, Daniel Bowler, now lives in a concrete-walled, tiled house. The remaining room of the old house is used as a stable.
    Daniel MacGillicuddy was the teacher in the school. He owned the house. He came to the district from Ardlahas.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Domhnall Ó Séaghdha
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Cornelius O' Shea
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fieries, Co. Kerry
  2. James Shea, Boulia, Firies, Farranfore,who was born about the year 1817 went to School there. Cornelius Shea, son to James Shea was born about the year 1857 and went to the same school. MacGillicuddy was the teacher all the time. Cornelius Shea still lives. He went to the hedge-school for two or three years and afterwards to Ballinilane National School. He remembers MacGillicuddy as a very old man and thinks that the hedge-school came to an end at about the time he went to Ballinilane.
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