School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)

Location:
Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máirtín Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 136

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  1. There was a hedge school at Cahills of Ballyvarra, Inistioge. The master attended and taught there three times a week. He taught Irish, and English. All the young men came to learn to read and write. They wrote with slate pencils on small slates.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Cotterell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mr William Cotterell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    47
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kilkenny
  2. There was a hedge school in Sallybog, Inistioge. It was at the side of the hill in the open. The teacher's name was Richard Gorman or Dicks agamsa. He taught in Sallybog during the day. In the night he would teach school in Hanrahan's house in Cappagh. He would lodge there for the night. Every pupil brought a sod of turf
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