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School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)

Location:
Ballymartle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Patrick Kelleher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0322, Page 068

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    1. Long ago there were no schools in Ireland, the children used learn by the hedges, and ditches, and these schools were called hedge schools. The school-master at that time was known as the hedge schoolmaster. The scholars at that time were better scholars than the scholars of the present day. At the time of the penal laws, the scholars used to be watching the soldiers for the school-master, because the English did not want the Catholic school-master to be teaching the scholars their religion. Sometimes the scholars used have to run away when the soldiers used come.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Donoghue
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Riverstick, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John Delea
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Riverstick, Co. Cork