School: Tombrack (roll number 15940)
- Location:
- Tombrack, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máighréad, Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0895, Page 323
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The names of the teachers are forgotten and also the subjects that were taught.1. "The School House Field" is the name of one of fields belonging to Martin O Neill, Ballingale, Ferns. A school was there about 100 years ago.
2. At Tincurry near Tinkerstown there was a school.3. At Ballyboy there was an old school taught by a man named Redmond. He described himself as a Philomat.4. At Ballyrankin near Kilrush there was an old school taught by a man called "Dick the Hopper." Name forgotten. He earned the name "Hopper" in this way. When the children came to a difficult word which Dick did not know he used to say "You can hop that word."Anthony Ryan,
The Raheen,
Kilrush, Ferns
- Collector
- Anthony Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Raheen, Co. Wexford
