School: Cartrún
- Location:
- Cartronavally, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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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,(continues on next page)- 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