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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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  1. Hedge-Schools in My District Long Ago

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    Hedge-schools in my district long ago.
    We children in our native districts should feel very happy to have our own "National Schools" in which to receive a thorough education compared with that of our ancestors who had to depend solely on the education given to them (by the school-masters behind the hedge. Recently I have gained a little information from my uncle whose father taught in one such school. This school was neither built nor excavated but consisted of a hollow behind a high mud wall fence, in the townland of Boderry,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christina Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrow Beg, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mr Michael J. Kelly
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilboderry, Co. Leitrim