School: Mathghamhnach (C.) (roll number 11423)
- Location:
- Mahoonagh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bríd Nic Arailt
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- (continued from previous page)He wrote some fine books. People of the locality used to go to his father's school. They had no copies in those times like we have now, but used slates and slate pencils. The most important subjects were Reading Writing and Arithmetic. There was no Irish taught in those hedge schools. I know a man by the name of Michael Hennessy a near neighbour who went to the hedge school at Clouncagh. He is about the age of seventy-five years.
- The schools long ago were in farmers houses or near hedges. In winter there used be more(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Mulcahy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Teermena, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- John Mulcahy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Teermena, Co. Limerick
