School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (C.) (roll number 9686)
- Location:
- Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bean Uí Uallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0523, Page 082
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- (continued from previous page)used, slates and slate pencils being the method of writing. The teachers were natives of Castleconnell; but did not lodge in the farmhouses probably because they could not feel safe with a price of five pounds on their heads.
Another school was in a place called the "Hawthorn." This school was run the same as "Round Plump" and taught by Martin Casey.
A third school was on the banks of the Shannon near the Falls of Doonass. It was taught by Thomas Burke.
Authority: P. Rea Woodlands.
In Ahane another hedge school existed. The teacher's name was Thomas Moloney, who taught the older pupils during the night and the young children during
- In Ahane another hedge school existed. The teacher's name was Thomas Moloney, who taught the older pupils during the night and the young children during(continues on next page)
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- P. Rea
- Address
- Woodlands, Co. Limerick
