School: Kilbride (roll number 11793)

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   living in the parish used to come to be taught.
   Pat Smyth used to teach school in a farmer's house called Coles from Trimblestown. The people who were not working used to go in the day to be taught and the people who were working used to go in the night. All the people used give him a pound a week between them.
   There was a school in Trimblestown called "Chattam school" and Master Tully from Kilbride used to teach. But he used not teach Irish.

   

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2. Old Schools

   

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   Long ago in the Penal times there were no schools like now. A man the name of Peter Higelton taught the wandering scholars. he taught them in Mr. Rooneys hay barn of Kilbride and in Trimblestown. They paid him a penny a night and they brought turf to make a fire. They were fairly bright at learning. He taught them how to read, to write and to spell. Mary Brennan aged

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Brennan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   12

   Informant

   Mrs Brennan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   41

   Address

   Clonfane, Co. Meath