School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Cill Mochua (roll number 15632)

Location:
Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. M. Calasanctius
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0843, Page 222

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0843, Page 222

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Cill Mochua
  2. XML Page 222
  3. XML “Hedge-Schools”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Hedge schools did exist in the district They were called 'schools' One school was known to be situated in a townland called Grannyknock in an old house or a cross-roads. The cross-road is known locally as "Bothar-rua" (row it is pronunced here.)
    The classes were held indoors. The teachers in this school were two sisters named O'Keefes and were natives of the district. They were paid by the children who attended. It was not always money was given. Milk, cream and butter, eggs or gifts of fowl were taken to the teachers. Reading and writing were the subjects taught. Books were used, but these were any kind of book that a child might have at his home or get from any person. It was used to teach that child how to read.
    Writing was taught with slates and small pointed pebbles were used as
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs K. Goggin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny