School: Coillte Craobhacha, Drumlish (roll number 15108)
- Location:
- Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 350
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- (continued from previous page)than on the rest. The subjects he taught was Grammer Voster Goff and the Language was English. "A Readin a Daisy." "A Universal". "A Catechism". "And a primer were the books they had. They wrote on big copy books and slates with a quill pen. He stayed in that place while he was there.
These are a few headlines he used to teach:- Hard upon hard would make a strong wall,
Soft upon soft would make no one at all,
Part of a loaf and a head of a spring,
Would spell a mans name who beheaded the King.
- There was a hedge-school in the townland of Kiltycreevagh. The field the school was in belonged to the landlord at that time. The Teachers name was Miss Campbell. She was travelling teacher. The children(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Cassidy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinamuck, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Thomas Cassidy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 55
- Address
- Ballinamuck, Co. Longford
