School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (B.) (roll number 9685)
- Location:
- Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Huallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0523, Page 237
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- Authority Mr. J. Hickey Derreen Castleconnell.Long ago there was a hedge school situated at the bottom of the Sandpit Hill, Goiug. The local name for the school was the Round plump. This hedge school was situated in the townland of Castleconnell in the open air. The names of the teachers were Patrick Kelly and Thomas O'Brien but they were not strangers. School was not carried on in the farmers houses and the teachers did not lodge in them. The way the teachers were paid was that the children brought a penny each every week and in the Winter they had to bring a few sods of turf. The subjects that were taught in this hedge school were Reading Writing and Sums and Irish was not spoken by the Masters or puipils. The books used at the time were "The Primer and the "Reading Made Easy".
- Informant
- Mr J. Hickey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derreen, Co. Limerick
