School: Shallee, Tulach Sheasta (roll number 6245)
- Location:
- Shallee (Coughlan), Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máire Ní Chonchubhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 162
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- (continued from previous page)many cattle and sheep lost in the snow. The birds perished and starved as they could get no shelter or food. No local lives were lost but two men were lost in the County Clare.
- There was a hedge school in Castlecranna in the olden times. There ruins are there still. The school was situated in Mr. Gone's field.
The teachers remained in a district for a year. The pupils had to pay the teachers. The children learned no Irish. They learned reading, writing and arithmetic. They say on stools in the school,. The teachers lived in the school. - Collector
- Michael Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shallee (White), Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Denis Ryan
- Gender
- Male
