School: Garr
- Location:
- Garr, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Cáit de Léis
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- Hedge schoolThere was a hedge school at the bog boreen. Willie Kiernan was the name of the teacher. They learned in houses with mud walls, and thatched roof. Every child that could afford it brought three pence a week, and in winter a sod of turf for the fire. There were no blackboards. They sat on forms and they used a cane too.
Information from Matthew Moore
Garr aged 86 (in 1938)The bog boreen is situated between the graveyard and Nolan's gate and leads off the main toad on to the bog. Another old resident Peter Groome (76) agrees with this account of the hedge-school.- Informant
- Matthew Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 86
- Address
- Garr, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Peter Groome
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76