School: Ballyfeeny (roll number 9468)
- Location:
- Kilglass, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Mhurthuile
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- Folk-Lore.
Hedge-schools.
There are three places in this district where there were hedge-schools. There was one near McGuire's house and a man called O'Donnell was teaching in it. There was another in Flynn's garden and Master Feeney taught in it. There was one in Loughlin's field and a man called Ryan taught in it.
Reading, writing and arithmetic were taught in these schools and the book they used was called Reading-made-easy. Each child had to pay a penny a week to the master.
He used to go about from village to village and stay in the people's houses.
- Collector
- Nora Flannery
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Pollymount, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Joseph Thompson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Ballyfeeny, Co. Roscommon
