School: Scoil na mBráthar, Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Charleville, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Riabhach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0368, Page 258
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- A long time ago there was a hedge-school near Charleville. It was near Castleharrison. The school was held in a moat. The name of the hedge-master was Mr. O'Brien. He lived near Buttevant. The children used to bring a sod of turf for a fire.
The teacher used to write a story for them because they could not get any books on account of the English soldiers. For the teachers payment the children brought two pence every morning.
In wet weather the pupils brought bays to line the inside of the bushes. They covered the top with canvas. There were about twenty children going to that school.
- Collector
- Patrick Dolan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Harrison's Place, Co. Cork
