School: Collon (roll number 14579)

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   “Old schools were numerous in this area long ago, each child had to pay a penny per week as a fee.”

   

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   Owen Farrelly, and the subject he taught was spelling.

   

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   “There were various hedge-schools in our district in olden-times, in Belpatrick, Collon, Co Louth.”

   

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   There were various hedge-schools in our district in olden-times, in Belpatrick, Collon, Co Louth, there was one held near to where the present school stands, the pupils were taught in a kind of shed, by a man named ____ who used come every day from a place called Sandpit near Drogheda. This same teacher taught at another hedge school on Mc Ginn's lane of the Ardee Rd. Collon Co Louth, this school was held in a kind of hut built in a dug out by the side of a raised field, this place was afterwards turned into a lime kiln. Another of these hedge-schools

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eithne Watters

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Collon, Co. Louth