School: Millín, Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 16329)
- Location:
- Milleenduff, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Liam Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 013
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- Before the national schools were established in Ireland over a thousand years ago, there were some schools all over Ireland. These schools were called hedge-schools. In some cases these schools were held only during the Winter months. The schools used to be held in an old cow house, or in a farmer's house, or out in the open air.
Some of the schools used to be held out in the barns, or else in a farmers back yard. There used to be only a little furniture in those schools. There used be a few seats, and a few chairs, and in some of the schools, there used be only a couple of big stones, and the scholars used to do their sums, and their writing, and all their subjects on their knees.(continues on next page)
