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School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)

Location:
Ballymartle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Patrick Kelleher

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Schools in Olden Times

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0322, Page 069

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Schools in Olden Times

There was a hedge school in Riverstick, and the teacher's name was Master Whelton. The subjects taught in the hedge schools were Irish, writing, arithmetic principally the Irish language. Sometimes of a wet winter's day, the teacher used to go around to the houses and teach the scholars at their homes.

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Collector
Rita Donoghue
Gender
female
Address
Riverstick, Co. Cork
Informant
John Delea
Relation
grandparent
Gender
male
Address
Riverstick, Co. Cork
Language
Irish