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School: Cartrún

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Cartronavally, Co. Roscommon
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Cáit, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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    Hedge-schools in my district long ago.
    During the sixteenth and seventeenth century, Ireland was wholly governed by the English, and numerous were the persecutions the Irish had to undergo under that harsh Government. England always tried to make this country into a vile barbarous state and its inhabitants to grow up an uncultured and an uneducated race. The principal aim of the English was the abolishment of the public schools in Ireland which commenced in the reign of King Edward III.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patricia Mac Guire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cornagee, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Cullen
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85
    Address
    Srabragan, Co. Roscommon