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School: Tuar, Tulach Sheasta (roll number 15526)

Location:
Toor, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Síghle Ní Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0540, Page 136

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  1. Old Schools (continued)

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    Writing was with a slate pencil upon a slate. The children were arranged in rows. There was no blackboard. Instead there was a big slate. The teachers remained about a month or so in each house.
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  2. Hedge-Schools

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    Long ago the people were not allowed to send their children to school. They had Hedge- schools.
    In this district they had a Hedge- School near Foilduff on the top of a hill. It was an outhouse owned by a man named Pat Kennedy . All the children went there. The
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Murnane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bealaclave, Co. Tipperary