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1. Hedge-Schools in My District Long Ago (continued)

   

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   After this unlawful bill was passed in England, Ireland was forbade to have any public instruction in the National Schools, and consequently those learned teachers were obliged to teach their persecuted pupils at some secluded spot, generally behind hedges, and this place of instruction was known as a "Hedge-school." I understand that there was a a hedge-school in my district, in the downland of Altohill, Ariana, Drumshanbo, and it existed from 1740-1802. This little school consisted of an old barn which was surrounded by a white-thorn hedge and a few stones remain today to indicate the spot where this "school" once stood. The principal subjects taught there were

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   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