School: Knockgraffon (roll number 10560)
- Location:
- Knockgraffon, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mary B. Cleary
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0559, Page 175
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- Forty five years ago a very heavy snow-fall occurred. Snow fell to a depth of six feet. All traffic was held up. It lasted for a week and the people suffered severe hardships trying to get food supplies.
- A man named Paddy Ryan a native of Ballylooby carried on a Hedge school between Knockgraffon and Mastrstown in a place called the Corrig. He was paid 1d each night by each of the pupils. The pen used was a goose quill. Irish was the language.
- About seventy-two years ago the marriges were carried out in the(continues on next page)
