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School: Liathdruim, Cill Mhichíl (roll number 4433)

Location:
Leitrim, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Ó Conbhaidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0601, Page 224

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    Long ago in the penal days the Catholics were forbidden to go to school except to the Protestant schools, but they would not go to them. The Irish Catholics had such a love for learning that they established Hedge Schools in almost every parish throughout Ireland. They were called Hedge Schools because it used to be by the Hedges and sometimes in old cabins they used to have the schools. The teachers used not get any salaries from the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Cloonreddan, Co. Clare
    Collector
    James Morrissy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonreddan, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Michael Morrissy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonreddan, Co. Clare