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School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

Location:
Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 022

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    In the time when the Yeomen caught any Catholic teaching school, they either put them to death or got them transported for life.
    There were five pound paid to any one who would give any information on a school teacher.
    In Roscommon, five miles south of the city, was a hedge-school.
    Every scholar had to bring a sod of turf to make a fire in the winter, and sometimes a penny to help to support the teacher.
    The teacher stayed
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    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
    Tony Rogers
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Jane Mac Nally
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow