School: Earl Darnley (roll number 13573)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Siubhán Ní Loichéid
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- (continued from previous page)When the mountains are a purple colour it is a sign of rain.
- There was an old hedge school on the top of Rose hill. It was all Irish that was spoken in it.
The name of the maser was Master Dowd. This is the way he taught the pupils to write; he had only one book in the school, and whatever was in the book he wrote on a slate and the pupils wrote it on their slates.
The school was built in Reyond's field, and the townland was Arche-stown. The master taught the children indoor. Master Dowd was from Rosmead.
The master lodged in a farmer's house, about a mile from the school. The farmer was(continues on next page)
