School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Peter Hegarty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 396
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- A long time ago there was an old hedge school on the east end of Rathdowney where Mr Dunphy's sand-pit now stands. Mr Leahy told me that her grandfather went to that school and the man's name that taught it was Gusty Lamb. The children that were going to that school used to sit around their master on stones and do their writing on the ground with a stick. This school was only held in the summer and in winter he used to work for the farmers in the day and teach his children at night and they gave him(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Liam Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mrs Maher
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Johnstown Glebe, Co. Laois
