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School: Killyon (roll number 7120)

Location:
Killyon, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Fithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0693, Page 006

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    Local Hedge Schools
    Told by Thomas Kearney, Clondalee Beg, Hill-of-Down, Co. Meath. Written by Barney Keegan, same place.
    There was a thatched chapel in Killyon and at night there used to be a school held in it. The chapel was burned the night of the big wind, 1839. There was a rush light burning and some of the thatch went on fire and the chapel was burned. All the men who were at school escaped.
    There was a hedge school at Blackshade, Hill-of-Down, Co. Meath and a man named Flanagan taught in it. All the children in this district
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Barney Keegan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clondalee Beg, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Thomas Kearney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clondalee Beg, Co. Meath