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School: Killallon (roll number 5207)

Location:
Boherard, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Stiophán Ó Scalaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 376

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    Hedge School
    There was a hedge school in Mulrua. School was taught in a shed of Robert Smyths. It was taught by a man named Master Lyons. School was taught by night. It was English language that was taught. The teacher was not astranger. The teacher lodged in the houss. The pupils used to pay the teacher. Some of the pupils would bring him eggs and butter and vegetables. There was no copies or pencils used. It was on slates they wrote. There was no blackboards.
    Mattie Daly
    Mulligonstown
    Delvin
    Tales told by Joseph Daly
    Mulligonstown
    Delvin
    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
    Mattie Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mulliganstown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Joseph Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mulliganstown, Co. Westmeath