School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
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- When my grandfather was going to school the schools were different from what they are now.
Before my father was born, the children had to go to school to a house. There was an old school near Dunlavin, and a teacher by the name of Patrick Burke taught there.
All the boys and girls went to that house each night and each brought a sod of turf with him. They learned English, Latin, and Writing. They had to write on a smooth stone. The(continues on next page)- Collector
- Sean Metcalfe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballylion Upper, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- John Metcalfe
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 52
- Address
- Ballylion Upper, Co. Wicklow