School: Ferbane (Convent)
- Location:
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Sr Patrick
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- About eighty years ago hedge - schools were in existence. There was one in almost every district.
My grandmother went to a hedge - school in Ballysheil. Mr. Maurice Foley taught in this school The teacher lodged with the pupils in turn. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic were the subjects taught. They were taught in English, as Irish was strictly prohibited. The payment was a penny a week, and a sod of turf each morning carried under the pupil's arm.
The books used were "The Reading made Easy" and an Arithmetic called "The Voster". Writing was done on slates and sometimes with a piece of a(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Josephine Kenny
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mr Stephen Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly