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School: Dromcollchoille (B.)

Location:
Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Mathghamhna
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    In the penal days the schools used to be under a hedge. There was a hedge school near this parish and the teachers name was Thomas O Flynn.
    They used to draw a pile of stones and make a row and lay a block of wood on top, that was their desks, they used to get pieces of slate for pencils. This school was in the open. They used to speak Irish and French. They used to write on large slate.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Hennessy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tulligmacthomas, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Thomas Reidy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 70
    Address
    Tulligmacthomas, Co. Limerick