School: Kildalkey (C.) (roll number 868)
- Location:
- Kildalkey, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Nic Dhiarmada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 175
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- (continued from previous page)time of the hedge-schools when the poor children used to go to school they used to go home with different people every night and they were known as the “Poor Scholars”Old Schools. Told by Michael Halligan
There was an old hedge-school in Trimblestown. My Grand-mother was taught in this school. There were two teachers in it at the time namely Miss Tuite from Trim and Miss Martin from Bohermeen. Miss Tuite was a very hard teacher. She used to say to the children “I will box your ears so delightfully” In former years Mr. Reily and Mr. Rogers taught in the school. The children used to write on slates with slate pencils. The subjects they learned were Writing, Reading, and Spellings. It is about seventy years ago since the teachers taught in this school. There is a new house built on the spot where the school was first. It belongs to Mr. Traynor of Trimblestown. The school was called Philinstown school
- Informant
- Dick Slevin
- Gender
- Male
