School: Teamhair, Áth Treasna

Location:
Taur, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Dd. Ó Súillleabháin
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  1. About 72 years ago a hedge school was situated
    in Foyledown, in the parish of Meelin in
    the Co, of Cork, in a thatched house in
    Mr Patrick McAuliffe's land. Some of the
    people of this district attended school there.
    Master Casey was the teacher who taught
    in that hedge-school.
    His home was in Foyledown for some years.
    The people of the district paid him a
    small sum of money every quarter. There
    was not any Irish spoken by master
    or pupils in the hedge-school. The subjects,
    they were taught, were writing, English
    and Arithmetic. The seats that were used
    in this hedge school were stripping sods
    obtained from the bog.
    I made inquiries of my parents if they
    ever heard the names of any books
    used in the hedge-school, they said "they
    never heard of any". Long ago in these
    hedge schools there were not any blackbord.
    The children wrote on slates with chalk,
    as paper was very scarce in those days.
    Master Casey, who was teaching in this
    hedge school died some years afterwards.
    (Before Taur School.)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James O' Keeffe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Foiladaun, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John O' Callaghan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    86
    Address
    Foiladaun, Co. Cork