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School: Gleann na gCreabhar (Anglesboro), Baile Mhistéala (roll number 10262)

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Anglesborough, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Cadhla
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  1. The Hedge-Schools

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    Mr. Reilly taught a hedge school just beside where Maurice Noonan's house now stands in Ballinamuddy Barna, Co. Limerick and about three miles from Anglesboro'. A man called Denis Ryan who married Maurice Noonan's daughter Bridie is now the owner of the house and farm. The walls of the hedge school are still to be seen. It was a little thatched house on the side of the road. Reilly taught there in the year 1871.
    Some boys paid 1/- a year and others paid 3/- or 4/- a year according to their means.
    The boys brought a sod of turf each and wrote on slates or old
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    William Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Baurnagurrahy, Co. Limerick