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School: Cartrún

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Cartronavally, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Cáit, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0230, Page 289

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    Hedge Schools in my district
    There was never a more harsh Government ruling in England than that in the 16t and 17th century. It forbade the Irish to have any National or Secondary Schools. Therefore some learned man gathered his flock of children in a sequestered spot under a hedge or behind a ditch, and in defiance of spies carried on his instructions.
    A Hedge School in the real sense was a hole excavated out of a bank hidden by a hedge. Here the school-master taught his pupils
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose A. Guihen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrow Beg, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Gaffney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    89
    Address
    Cartronavally, Co. Roscommon