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School: Baile Deasún (C.)

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Ballydesmond, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhurchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 617

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    The love for education was always foremost in the hearts of the Irish people. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when education was forbidden by the law of the land schools were to be found under the shadow of the hillsides. Soon these became known as "Hedge Schools".
    The building used as a school was generally an unused farmers house or one for the purpose, with a thatched roof and mud walls. Though they were no engineers concerned in those structures
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hannah Brosnan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreenduff, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs O' Keeffe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreenduff, Co. Cork